{"id":125557,"date":"2024-07-24T21:50:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T20:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/rivers-wike-does-not-influence-us-not-our-member-apc"},"modified":"2024-07-24T22:58:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T21:58:41","slug":"rivers-wike-does-not-influence-us-not-our-member-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-wike-does-not-influence-us-not-our-member-apc","title":{"rendered":"Rivers: Wike does not influence us, not our member \u2013 APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has declared that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike does not influence its affairs.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman of Rivers APC caretaker committee, Tony Okocha, said Wike is not a member of the party and does not attend any political meetings.<\/p>\n<p>According to Okocha, Wike does not attend any of their political meetings.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing journalists at the national secretariat of APC in Abuja, Okocha described Wike as an \u2018unrepentant\u2019 member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cWhen I hear this, I laugh because Wike is a member of PDP, unrepentant PDP. We are APC here. Will anybody suggest that because Mr Wike is a minister under our government of APC, we should be at dagger with him?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWike doesn\u2019t attend our meeting. I have briefed you here. We have held meetings with stakeholders, but Wike was never there. So at what point does he influence APC in Rivers State?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis influence, as much as you know, is because he is a minister under an APC government. So we can\u2019t be in enmity with him. But to say that he influences us, how? Does he pay our bills or attend our meetings? The answer is no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has declared that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike does not influence its affairs. 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