{"id":193414,"date":"2026-02-03T20:56:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/wike-is-not-a-problem-in-apc-yilwatda"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:03:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T21:03:39","slug":"wike-is-not-a-problem-in-apc-yilwatda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/wike-is-not-a-problem-in-apc-yilwatda","title":{"rendered":"Wike is not a problem in APC \u2013 Yilwatda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Prof Nentawe Yilwatda has clarified the party\u2019s stance on the ongoing political tension involving Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and Governor Siminalayi Fubara.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Channels TV Politics Today on Tuesday, Prof Nentawe Yilwatda stated that the dispute between Wike, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Fubara, falls outside his jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it comes to the issue between Wike and Fubara, it\u2019s not within my purview as the national chairman of APC. Wike is in PDP, Fubara is in APC,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He further explained that the ongoing impeachment issue pertains solely to APC members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, which is led by the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe issue of impeachment is not about Wike now; it concerns APC House of Assembly members. That is something I can discuss. It\u2019s an internal matter, and we have mechanisms within APC to resolve such issues,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The chairman emphasized the need for discretion and maturity in handling internal party matters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t put these discussions in the public. Issues can be resolved through in-house activities that require maturity to address. Wike is not a problem in APC,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Prof Nentawe Yilwatda has clarified the party\u2019s stance on the ongoing political tension involving Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and Governor Siminalayi Fubara. In an interview with Channels TV Politics Today on Tuesday, Prof Nentawe Yilwatda stated that the dispute between Wike, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":193412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-193414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wike is not a problem in APC \u2013 Yilwatda - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Prof Nentawe Yilwatda has clarified the party\u2019s stance on t ...\" \/>\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\/parties\/wike-is-not-a-problem-in-apc-yilwatda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wike is not a problem in APC \u2013 Yilwatda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Prof Nentawe Yilwatda has clarified the party\u2019s stance on t ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/wike-is-not-a-problem-in-apc-yilwatda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-03T19:56:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-03T21:03:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770152554.384667.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"810\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"722\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/wike-is-not-a-problem-in-apc-yilwatda#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/wike-is-not-a-problem-in-apc-yilwatda\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Wike is not a problem in APC \u2013 Yilwatda\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-03T19:56:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-03T21:03:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/wike-is-not-a-problem-in-apc-yilwatda\"},\"wordCount\":227,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/wike-is-not-a-problem-in-apc-yilwatda#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770152554.384667.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/wike-is-not-a-problem-in-apc-yilwatda#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/wike-is-not-a-problem-in-apc-yilwatda\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/wike-is-not-a-problem-in-apc-yilwatda\",\"name\":\"Wike is not a problem in APC \u2013 Yilwatda - 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