The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, strategically meets with former President Goodluck Jonathan, signaling efforts to enlist support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration.
Amidst inaugurating a caretaker committee for the Rivers State chapter, Ganduje calls on members, including former governor and Minister of FCT Nyesom Wike, to unite under the APC banner for the upcoming gubernatorial election.
Ganduje, who decried the crisis that rocked the Rivers State chapter of the party, charged members of the caretaker committee to restore orderliness, recruit new members, and reposition the party.
He said: “We expect you to provide the enabling environment so that congresses could be conducted for the emergence of leadership at the ward level, local government level, state level, and even senatorial level.
“We expect you to put more life into this party; there should be no discrimination. Do not bother yourself about factions because you are brothers for unity and regard yourself as APC brothers.
“We would like you to make history by building a strong foundation for our party, so that during the next gubernatorial election, we have an APC government in Rivers State, even though we are grateful River State is the only state in the south where we succeeded in electing our President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
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“So, the government of today, you are part of it; you contributed and elected him to the government. Today, you can beat your chest that you have done your best and it is your contribution that our president has won the election we are proud of you.
“Also, there are newcomers from other parties who are many according to our investigation that would like to come into the party, so you can see that there is no time to rejig the party but now, especially rejigging the party leadership.”
He, therefore, charged the caretaker committee to conduct congresses that would usher in the leadership of the Rivers State chapter of the party within six months.
Okocha, who later fielded questions from journalists, gave assurance that under the new dispensation, the “tendency of one man show” in running the party would be erased.
Spokesperson of the caretaker committee, Mr. Chibike Ikenga, acknowledged that former Minister of Transportation and Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, remains one of the leaders of the party.
He, however, said they would not hesitate to beckon on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to join the party as part of the new membership recruitment process in the state.
“Chief Nyesom Wike is an illustrious son of Rivers State but not a member of APC. He is a member of PDP. But if tomorrow he wants to join the APC we cannot stop anybody. As far as he wants to join others we will welcome them,” he said.
