The All Progressives Congress, APC, said the party has commenced talks with the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, for him to back APC in next year’s general elections.
An APC chieftain, Farouk Aliyu, said this in an interview on Channels Televsion, on Tuesday.
He said the party will not hesitate to welcome Wike into its fold ahead of next year’s exercise.
“We are talking to Wike. We are talking to so many of them. Of course, it is politics. So, we are not enemies of Wike, and he is a very important person in this country – a governor for that matter – and you cannot ignore Rivers State, Aliyu said.
“So, if Wike decides to come to us, we would gladly welcome him, and I can confirm to you that we are talking to him.”
Wike and his allies have been at loggerheads with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leadership since the party’s presidential primaries.
Wike had lost the PDP’s presidential ticket to Atiku Abubakar and has been calling for the removal of Iyorchia Ayu as the party’s National Chairman.
Wike and his allies had insisted that PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and National Chairman, Ayu cannot come from the same region.
It was also reported how Wike’s allies withdrew from the PDP presidential campaign council amid the call for Ayu’s resignation.
The governor said it is an injustice to party members from the south for the office of the national chairman to be occupied by a northerner, while the presidential candidate is also from the north.
On Tuesday, Wike endorsed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State who is of the APC, a move that further deepened the PDP crisis.
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