{"id":130278,"date":"2023-12-12T15:16:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T15:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/12\/the-best-option-is-to-dump-pdp-join-us-apc-to-wike\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T15:16:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T15:16:06","slug":"the-best-option-is-to-dump-pdp-join-us-apc-to-wike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/12\/the-best-option-is-to-dump-pdp-join-us-apc-to-wike\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Best Option Is To Dump PDP, Join Us’ \u2013 APC To Wike"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has called on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike to join the ruling Party.<\/p>\n

APC Caretaker Committee Chairman, Tony Okocha, said the party is the one in power, hence Wike should join because he is needed.<\/p>\n

He made the call while speaking to journalists in Port Harcourt after 27 state lawmakers defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC on Monday.<\/p>\n

Asked if the defection was part of plans for Wike to join APC, Okocha said: \u201dI don\u2019t think so.<\/p>\n

\u201dWhatever their reason is, when they get to the bridge they will cross it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWike is a politician whose name shakes and echoes in the society; so nobody can think or say for him if he will defect to APC or not.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2023, he immensely aided the victory of APC in the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best thing we are asking him to do is to come and join the APC because it is the government in power.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ ALSO: Rivers Crisis: \u201cPDP Will Remain Standing\u201d \u2013 Ex-National Party\u2019s Spokesman Boasts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, member of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Enemi Alabo has thrown more light into the reason for the defection.<\/p>\n

While featuring yesterday on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today he cited internal divisions within the PDP as a primary reason for the defection.<\/p>\n

Alabo claimed that there was a lack of clarity regarding the party\u2019s leadership, adding to the challenges faced by Rivers State PDP members, including the burning of the assembly chambers and intimidation.<\/p>\n

He expressed frustration over his inability to establish communication with the party\u2019s secretariat.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a division in the PDP. We have cases in court concerning the secretariat of our party.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe desperately tried to reach the secretariat of our party, and we could not. As I speak to you, I can\u2019t tell you who the secretary of my party is,\u201d the lawmaker said.<\/p>\n

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