The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has said that the visit of Nigeria’s President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to Rivers State on Wednesday was a means by Governor Nyesom Wike to plant seeds of disunity in the party.
The Eagle Online is reporting that Tinubu is visiting Rivers State on the invitation of Wike to commission projects.
Wike, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, has declared a one-day public holiday for the visit.
Reacting to the development, the Rivers State chapter of the APC described the visit as a discord seed planting by Wike.
In a statement on Tuesday by its spokesperson in the state, Darlington Nwauju, the APC described the visit as a private one, adding that it has nothing to do with the party in the state.
Nwauju said: “We challenge the Governor being an outgoing governor (Mr Wike) to play less divisive politics and exercise restraint in planting seeds of discord amongst opposition political parties.
“We are aware that the governor has been working so hard to paint a false perception of the collapse of the APC structure in Rivers State even when he had in previous well-documented interviews vowed never to have anything to do with a ‘cancer party (APC).’”