Join APC and stop confusing Nigerians, Tonye Cole tells Wike

Former Rivers State governorship campaigner of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Tonye Cole, has called connected Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to marque his governmental allegiance explicit.

Speaking during an interrogation connected Channels Television’s Politics Today connected Friday, the Sahara Group co-founder advised Wike to formally articulation the APC successful bid to extremity doubts implicit his loyalties.

Wike, a erstwhile Rivers governor, has been astatine the bosom of a deepening enactment situation wrong the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) since the 2023 wide elections, portion serving successful President Bola Tinubu’s APC-led government.

Cole argued that Wike’s defection would not lone clarify his governmental stance but besides fortify Nigeria’s ideology and bring stableness to Rivers State politics.

“Is helium (Wike) APC oregon is helium PDP? As acold arsenic we cognize today, helium is PDP,” Cole said.

“We cannot proceed confusing the electorate successful Rivers authorities and confusing Nigerians due to the fact that it is unsafe for democracy; that you are successful 1 party, and you are controlling different party.

“The lone idiosyncratic who is near to marque a declaration arsenic to wherever helium stands successful each of this is the minister, Nyesom Wike.

“Where I would implore him to enactment honourably is to travel and articulation the APC. Leave the PDP, travel and articulation the APC truthful that we each cognize present that we are lasting successful 1 bloc — nary division, nary confusion, nothing.

“Everybody is 1 bloc. This is wherever we are, truthful that we statesman to play the dynamics of enactment authorities successful the state.

“Allow PDP to be, let ADC to be, let Labour Party to be, let YPP to be. That’s what ideology is about.

“Let parties signifier their spot and travel into the equation. Once that happens, past we cognize wherever we are.”

Wike has repeatedly insisted that helium remains a PDP subordinate contempt his relation successful the APC-led administration.

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