The Rivers State leadership of the All Progressives Congress has said it wants the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to join its fold to help the party win the presidential election for Bola Tinubu in 2027.
The State APC Caretaker Committee Chairman, Tony Okocha, stated this during a one-million- man solidarity March for Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda’ in Port Harcourt on Thursday.
Okocha, describes Wike, as a political strategist who cannot be ignored in Rivers State politics, adding that the immediate past governor has a midas touch.
He further said if the FCT Minister joins the party it will be easier for him to win elections for Tinubu in Rivers State, as the President will seek reelection after completing his first term in office.
“Wike is the leader of the ‘Renewed Hope Agenda’ in Rivers State. Wike was responsible for the victory of the Tinubu election in Rivers State. Wike is a reformer and he is our leader Rivers in State.”
Explaining why Wike’s picture is on the banner of the party, alongside President Tinubu, Okocha said, “This is not an APC event. This is Renewed Hope, Mr. President’s family in Rivers State.
“Wike is the game changer he has a Midas torch and you remember that we have been wooing him to come over to to help us. This is again one of those attempts to woo him to come over to APC and help us so that we will continue to win the elections for Mr President, particularly when elections come for 2027.
“A time came in Rivers State when we could not campaign for our presidential candidate using the party platform upon which he emerged because we were threatened by the entire leadership of APC in Rivers State.”
He added, “They told us that the man we were supporting Bola Tinubu, was too old and that he had become senile. How can we support a man who will die any moment soon, that he was at the departure lounge?
“They said to us that we were supporting a man who is medically unfit and was using all the social media platforms to paint him as someone who defecates on himself. I want to state here that President Tinubu is the best thing that happened to Nigeria
“Rome was not built in a day. Nigeria suffered setbacks- political, economic, socio-cultural and we have a leader who just came on the throne for nearly one year.
“Can he possibly upturn the mistakes of 30 or 50 years in one year? So it’s a process and the process began the same day he took the oath of office. The President was very clear when he said that he wanted to fix Nigeria and he said that fuel subsidies were gone.
“Today states, federal, and local government areas are packing money in billions for the development of the State. I am aware that the first and biggest project that will transverse the length and breadth of Nigeria is being carried out under Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”
He said that the role Wike played in the victory of Tinubu in the 2023 election in Rivers State cannot be ignored stressing that the party needed him to play the same role for Tinubu in 2027.
