THE new caretaker committee in charge of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has debunked reports linking the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to the defection of 27 members of the House of Assembly.
Recall that 27 of the 32 Rivers State lawmakers defected from the governing Peoples Democratic Party to the opposition APC.
Hours after the Tony Okocha-led committee welcomed the 27 new converts at its party secretariat in Port Harcourt, the state capital, top party members have refuted the reports making the round that Wike must have initiated the move to unseat the current state Governor, Sim Fubara.
Reacting, Secretary of the APC caretaker committee, Eric Nwibani, disclosed that there was no iota of truth in the viral report.
He said, “That is speculation. There is no truth in it and the persons who defected are still alive and can speak for themselves. Every political party is interested in numbers. You see it reflected in the defection of the Rivers House of Assembly. I am talking about 27 of them.
“If the remaining four lawmakers can come and join us, we will be very happy. We also want members of the other political parties to join us to make Rivers State better than it is today under the PDP. As I said earlier, politics is a game of numbers. We are interested in as many persons that want to join the party. We will welcome everybody.”
