{"id":102222,"date":"2023-11-27T20:10:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T19:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike"},"modified":"2023-11-27T22:25:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T21:25:20","slug":"rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike","title":{"rendered":"Rivers: APC opens up on Tinubu handing over party structure to Wike"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, has downplayed claims that President Bola Tinubu handed over the party\u2019s structure to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike.<\/p>\n

Okocha said Tinubu will not hand over the party\u2019s structure to Wike because the minister is not a member of the APC.<\/p>\n

He said Wike has not indicated any interest to leave the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.<\/p>\n

Speaking on a live radio programme in Port Harcourt on Monday, Okocha said,<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are talking about an alliance, I aligned with Nyesom Wike and I am still aligning with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe issue of handing over the party to Nyesom Wike; he is not a member of the APC for crying out loud and everybody knows that he is a staunch founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has boasted times without number that he has benefited a lot from the PDP and that he was not in a hurry to leave the party. I am not aware; he hasn\u2019t mentioned it to me and he has not mentioned it to anybody.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, he is not a man that will hide a decision like that from Nigerians. If Wike wishes at any time to enter any other political party different from the PDP, Nigerians will hear; Nigerians will know.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, as we speak, he is a staunch member of the Peoples Democratic Party. For anybody to assume that the President is handing over APC structure to a PDP member, that person will be missing the point.\u201d<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, has downplayed claims that President Bola Tinubu handed over the party\u2019s structure to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike. Okocha said Tinubu will not hand over the party\u2019s structure to Wike because […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":102221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,34,254,421,945,454],"class_list":["post-102222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-apc","tag-nigeria","tag-rivers","tag-tinubu","tag-wike"],"yoast_head":"\nRivers: APC opens up on Tinubu handing over party structure to Wike - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, has downplay ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rivers: APC opens up on Tinubu handing over party structure to Wike\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, has downplay ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-27T19:10:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-27T21:25:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1701103576.250334.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Rivers: APC opens up on Tinubu handing over party structure to Wike\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-27T19:10:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-27T21:25:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike\"},\"wordCount\":293,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1701103576.250334.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"APC\",\"Nigeria\",\"Rivers\",\"Tinubu\",\"Wike\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike\",\"name\":\"Rivers: APC opens up on Tinubu handing over party structure to Wike - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1701103576.250334.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-27T19:10:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-27T21:25:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, has downplay ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1701103576.250334.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1701103576.250334.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":700,\"caption\":\"Rivers: APC opens up on Tinubu handing over party structure to Wike\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rivers: APC opens up on Tinubu handing over party structure to Wike\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rivers: APC opens up on Tinubu handing over party structure to Wike - Nigeria","description":"The Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, has downplay ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rivers: APC opens up on Tinubu handing over party structure to Wike","og_description":"The Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, has downplay ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2023-11-27T19:10:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-11-27T21:25:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":700,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1701103576.250334.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Rivers: APC opens up on Tinubu handing over party structure to Wike","datePublished":"2023-11-27T19:10:55+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-27T21:25:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike"},"wordCount":293,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1701103576.250334.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Nigeria","APC","Nigeria","Rivers","Tinubu","Wike"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike","name":"Rivers: APC opens up on Tinubu handing over party structure to Wike - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1701103576.250334.jpg","datePublished":"2023-11-27T19:10:55+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-27T21:25:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, has downplay ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1701103576.250334.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1701103576.250334.jpg","width":1200,"height":700,"caption":"Rivers: APC opens up on Tinubu handing over party structure to Wike"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-apc-opens-up-on-tinubu-handing-over-party-structure-to-wike#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rivers: APC opens up on Tinubu handing over party structure to Wike"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}