The Nationwide Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, has dismissed claims that former Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike is central to the political disaster rocking the state.
Yilwatda mentioned the dispute presently unfolding in Rivers State has nothing to do with Wike and shouldn’t be linked to the APC management on the nationwide stage.
He defined that the matter is strictly an inside subject involving lawmakers of the get together within the state.
Talking throughout a tv interview on Tuesday, the APC chairman made it clear that the disagreement between Wike and Governor Siminalayi Fubara doesn’t fall below his authority as get together chief.
“In relation to the problem between Wike and Fubara, it’s not inside my purview because the nationwide chairman of APC. Wike is in PDP, Fubara is in APC,” he mentioned.
He harassed that the impeachment strikes being mentioned in Rivers State concern solely members of the APC within the Home of Meeting. In response to him, the get together is dealing with the scenario via its established inside constructions.
“The problem of impeachment just isn’t about Wike now; it issues APC Home of Meeting members. That’s one thing I can talk about. It’s an inside matter, and we now have mechanisms inside APC to resolve such points,” he added.
Yilwatda famous that political disagreements needs to be handled with warning and maturity. He warned towards turning inside get together issues into public controversies.
“We don’t put these discussions within the public. Points could be resolved via in-house actions that require maturity to handle. Wike just isn’t an issue in APC,” he mentioned.
The APC chairman maintained that the get together stays centered on stability and unity in Rivers State. He mentioned management disputes needs to be settled quietly to keep away from additional rigidity and confusion amongst residents.
Recall, POLITICS NIGERIA earlier reported rising rigidity within the Rivers State Home of Meeting following strikes by some lawmakers to provoke impeachment proceedings towards Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The scenario had sparked hypothesis in regards to the involvement of exterior political actors, together with Wike.