The National Secretary of the Coalition for United Political Party, Peter Ameh, has advised the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Nyesom Wike to join the All Progressive Congress(APC) and start taking instructions from Gov. Siminialayi Fubara.
The national secretary gave the advice while reacting to the spat between APC national secretary Ajibola Basiru and Nyesom Wike
Ameh said, “He (Wike) has been used by the APC in destroying his own party. Now he is no longer needed because the full gamut and structure of the party is now in the APC. So, what do they need him for? He is no longer needed. He has completed his assignment. The only thing he needs to do now is to join the APC and start taking instructions from the leader of the party, who is Fubara. He has to know that, based on the APC structure and their manifesto, the governor is the leader of the party.
“I do not cry or shed tears for either Fubara or for Wike. I think it is the game of President Tinubu, which he has played from day one, to make sure that he has two groups of people campaigning for him in River State, and to the detriment of the River State people who are supposed to be beneficiaries of good governance.’’
Ameh praised the APC National Secretary for his boldness, claiming that Wike was undermining governance in both Rivers State and Nigeria as a whole.
It would be recalled that Basiru, and Wike on Monday traded words over Rivers politics.
Wike had during a public rally at Oyigbo LGA warned Bashir to stop interfering in Rivers politics.
Responding In a statement personally signed by himself, the national secretary said the minister lacked the authority to interfere in the affairs of the ruling party, stressing that Wike was not a member of the APC.
Basiru maintained that contrary to Wike’s impression, he had the authority to oversee affairs of the APC across the country as the national secretary of the party.
He said, “From my record, he isn’t a member of APC. I don’t see which authority or temerity he has to be dabbling in APC affairs.
“I am the National Secretary of APC, and I don’t see any basis for him to be making comments about my activities either in Rivers State or in any part of Nigeria.
“As the National Secretary of the party, my activities aren’t confined to Osun State, contrary to his wrong impression”.
