The All Progressives Congress has appointed the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, as a member of the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Campaign Council.
The announcement was made on Tuesday despite the Minister still being a member of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The former two-term Governor of Rivers State was appointed as Minister by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu despite having not renounced his membership of the PDP.
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The APC had on Tuesday announced the membership of the Campaign Councils for the off-season governorship elections coming up on November 11, 2023 in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States.
This comes after the PDP had named him as a member of the Campaign Council for the election in Bayelsa State also.