Tony Okocha, chair of the caretaker committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in River, says the 27 lawmakers loyal to Nyesom Wike in the state's house of assembly are not members of his party.
Tony Okocha, chair of the caretaker committee of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers, says the 27 lawmakers loyal to Nyesom Wike in the state’s house of assembly are not members of his party.
The rift between Wike, minister of the federal capital territory , and Siminalayi Fubara, have polarised the Rivers house of assembly. “People say Wike has decamped to the APC. They also say that the 27 lawmakers currently fighting with Fubara have defected to the APC,” NAN quoted him as saying.
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