Ministerial Appointment: Wike And Tinubu's Courtship Is Unsettling The APC
There is disquiet in the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, over the somewhat strange romance between the Governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike and the party's hierarchy, especially the President-elect, Bola Tinubu.
The issue is causing discontent among the APC members ahead of the inauguration of Tinubu as President and his creation of cabinet within six months.
The Governor is alleged to have worked for the national ruling party during the 2023 presidential election, in opposition to his own political party, the Peoples Democratic Party.
And this has increased the rumours that it is just a matter of time before the governor joins the ruling party.
Wike was once the most faithful and important leader in the PDP ahead to the May 2022 presidential primary election of the party.
Nigerians won't quickly forget the Governor's pledge to support the party during voting at the convention held at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja.
Then he said: "I vow today that anybody who emerges here, I will support the person to the fullest because I am a committed party person. Since 1998, I have been at this party and I am not going anywhere."
However, the Governor engaged into a long struggle with the national leadership of the PDP and the elected presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar right after the primary, drawing four other governors along with him to create what was later known as the G5.
He has taken it further after the polls, with his recent invitation of Tinubu to commission projects in the oil-rich State.
One of the politicians, Wike, questioned what achievements of President Buhari would serve as the foundation for the campaigns of candidates like Bola Tinubu.
Nigerians, according to Wike, are bound by the APC.
maladministration with a persistent insecurity environment that has ruined the economy and raised famine.
He then said: "It is most unfortunate when I hear people declaring [intention to be president] under APC and saying they want to continue the good job of Mr President - the good job of people dying every day, the good job of naira falling every day.
"I feel so ashamed that we have got to the level of sycophancy where people
I feel so ashamed that we have got to the level of sycophancy where people will come and say I want to continue the good job of Buhari. What is the good job of Buhari - hunger, poverty, insecurity, economy falling?
"I can't believe that somebody will come out in today's Nigeria and say I want to continue where Mr. Buhari has stopped. May God never allow that evil to continue."
But all that posture changed during the presidential race.
Wike has demonstrated through words and deeds that he was firmly behind Tinubu before, during, and after the elections, despite being accused of rigging the election in favor of the APC candidate.
During his recent visit to Rivers State, Tinubu praised the governor for helping pave the way for his ascent, particularly by undermining the PDP.
The governor prevented the PDP from microzoning the ticket prior to the PDP primary because he realized the South East would receive a larger share of the vote. The governor claimed to be working for the Southern presidency.
Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, a former PDP spokesman and leader of the APC in the South South, said, "Gov. Wike, though a friend, is a very confused and drowning fellow looking for whatever he can hold to survive. However, the future will undoubtedly determine his fate.
"Anybody worrying himself or herself about Wike and his type of politics probably has no serious task to do, so I wouldn't like to waste my precious time to talk about a drowning man.
"Nigerians and the entire world are fully aware of the stand of Wike about both Buhari, Tinubu and APC, so if sacrificed to build APC that Wike is their new Saviour, I wish them the best of luck. God will surely judge all our actions no matter the odds."
On the fate of Amaechi if Wike decides to decamp to APC, Eze said, "Both I and Amaechi and other members of his political family have passed the level of attaching our fate to that of any human being. It will be an insult to us and our God for Wike and his drowning collaborators to determine our political fate. They don't have such powers.
"For your information, Wike at the moment is not a member of any political party. They are aware that they are politically orphans though he is shameless and if he feels like joining APC, I wish him the best of luck.
"I must confess that I am enjoying the trends of events as it is helping us to know how characterless some of our so-called leaders are but let us not despair as God is working out something great for this country."
The party chieftain said, "You are forcing me to give Wike the attention that he doesn't deserve.." in response to Wike's denial that he worked for Tinubu and assertion that all he wanted was the president of the South.
The party chieftain said, "You are forcing me to give Wike the attention that he doesn't deserve.." in response to Wike's denial that he worked for Tinubu and assertion that all he wanted was the president of the South.
"Wike is the most selfish Nigerian politician you can think of in this dispensation. He has not the interest of anybody or region at heart.
"Everything is all about himself. He frustrated Obi out of PDP with hope of becoming the landlord of PDP but Atiku proved him wrong and reduced him to the wailing fellow he has become.
"Tinubu knew that Wike never worked for him; he will be highly disappointed as Tinubu and his camp are already plotting on how to do away with his nuisance scheme."
On the question on why Amaechi has been silent in the face of what many people would see as being sidelined. by his political party, Eze said, "What exactly do you want Amaechi to say about what is happening with Tinubu, APC and Wike?
"I have advised myself to keep quiet and watch this romance all aimed at undermining Amaechi. At the appropriate time, I will expose to Nigerians when this evil plot was hatched and how it will be concluded.
"From the little I know about Amaechi and his type of politics, he has never had any plan of his own. God is the one that plans for him, so when God wants him to act, he will act accordingly and Nigeria and Nigerians will know that you can't, no matter the odds, undermine God's anointed one. In vain they gather as their gathering can never be sanctioned by God.
"I appeal to us all to exercise patience as we will soon address some of the issues agitating the minds of Nigerians and the future of Amaechi and his political family."
"From the little I know about Amaechi and his type of politics, he has never had any plan of his own. God is the one that plans for him, so when God wants him to act, he will act accordingly and Nigeria and Nigerians will know that you can't, no matter the odds, undermine God's anointed one. In vain they gather as their gathering can never be sanctioned by God.
"I appeal to us all to exercise patience as we will soon address some of the issues agitating the minds of Nigerians and the future of Amaechi and his political family."
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