The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dissociated itself from the planned visit of Bola Tinubu to the state.
The former Lagos State governor is billed to visit the state on Wednesday a two-day visit to commission a flyover and a court building constructed by Governor Wike’s administration.
In a statement on Tuesday, Darlington Nwauju, the spokesperson of APC in the state, described the visit as private and on the invitation of Governor Wike. He added that it has nothing to do with the APC in the state.
“We challenge the Governor being an outgoing governor (Mr Wike) to play less divisive politics and exercise restraint in planting seeds of discord amongst opposition political parties.
“We are aware that the governor has been working so hard to paint a false perception of the collapse of the APC structure in Rivers State even when he had in previous well-documented interviews vowed never to have anything to do with a “cancer party (APC),” Mr Nwauju said.
The APC spokesperson in the state said it was aware of “Governor Wike’s plot to prank our President-elect into believing his false narrative that there is no other opposition political party existing in Rivers State. Rivers people already know this is not the correct situation on the ground.”
“Rivers APC is focused on pursuing justice by challenging the outcome of the flawed 18 March elections at the Elections Petitions Tribunal and cannot be distracted by the antics of Gov. Wike and his co-travellers.”
