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Governors’ visits to Wike, Udom stir anxiety in APC
There is disquiet in the All Progressives Congress (APC) over some governors’ visits to Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel, who are of the Peoples Democratic Party. (PDP).
The APC governors, who visited their PDP counterpart, are: Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (Sokoto) and Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi).
The governors also jointly hosted Wike in Sokoto- an action that sent political circles guessing that a major plan was on.
A minister protested to the APC leadership in the Northwest over the trips, The Nation learnt yesterday.
Some Presidency officials are also said to be disturbed by the signal which the visits generated.
Some APC leaders were “shocked” that Tambuwal and Bagudu visited Wike before the last legislative election rerun in Rivers State, spending a day with him.
The two governors teamed up with Yari, who is also the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), to spend Christmas in Akwa Ibom.
Wike reciprocated the visits last weekend when he went to Sokoto. The Rivers State Governor was at the Sultan’s palace where he said the Niger Delta would not be part of any move to dismember Nigeria, adding that Nigeria’s unity is not negotiable.
A source, reflecting on the development, spoke of “unease in the APC on the shuttles by Tambuwal and others to Rivers and Akwa Ibom states”.
The Nation, January 4, 2017
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JOHNSON PETER
January 4, 2017 at 1:47 pm
2019 election will be tough. Apc might go into extinction if care is not taken.
seyi jelili
January 4, 2017 at 1:51 pm
No cause for alarm. The northern governors can never betray buhari no matter what.
They are not like the Igbos and Yorubas who can because of money sell out their people. Buhari will always get northern support any time any day.
yanju omotodun
January 4, 2017 at 2:04 pm
Let’s watch and see . North would not vote buhari comes 2019.he has inflicted them so much.
Margret Dickson
January 4, 2017 at 2:06 pm
APC should be careful of these governors who have gone to see apposition party, they may be planning how to decamp to PDP, I don’t trust anyone in politics
Margret Dickson
January 4, 2017 at 2:07 pm
They may share different political ideologies, different political parties, but that doesn’t mean they cannot agree on some terms which will bring them together to discus. Consider their visit positive and harmless
Animashaun Ayodeji
January 4, 2017 at 2:10 pm
They may share different political ideologies, different political parties, but that doesn’t mean they cannot agree on some terms which will bring them together to discus. Consider their visit positive and harmless
Joy Madu
January 4, 2017 at 2:18 pm
Sure
That is it. Different political parties does not mean they should not mingle
chichi emerue
January 4, 2017 at 2:26 pm
No matter what south south knows buhari can never have their votes in 2019.
Roland Uchendu Pele
January 4, 2017 at 4:39 pm
We understand that politics is a game, but using tax payers money to be playing it is not in the interest of our Nation. All of these things are not helping at all.