Factional APC Chairman Rejects 27 Pro-wike Rivers Lawmakers
The Factional Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, has rejected the embattled 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly saying they are not members of the Party.
Didactic Information Hut recalls that few months ago, Chief Okocha as the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the APC in Rivers State had organized an open rally to welcome the 27 lawmakers, led by Rt. Hon. Martins Amaewhule, who had earlier announced their defection from PDP to APC due to a cold war between Gov Siminalayi Fubara, and his erstwhile political godfather, Nyesom Wike.
However while speaking to newsmen on Monday, Chief Okocha declared that the pro-Wike lawmakers were not members of the APC.
He said: “At some point I don’t get it; the House of Assembly members have said over and over again that they are not members of the All Progressives Congress and I confirm to you that they are not. What we are doing with them is to woo them to come and join us because we discovered that they were having their own internal crisis in their party.
“I am speaking to you in all authority that they never defected to the All Progressives Congress. There is no record. At least, I am in charge; it would have been joy for me that they came over. They didn’t.”
Okocha, who is also the Rivers State representative in the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), also said that the scheduled October 5, 2024 local government election in the state is an attempt to disrespect and disregard the Courts and laws of the land, pointing out that the party was in court to stop the election.
