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There are strong indications that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory , Nyesom Wike, may be considering joining the ruling All Progressives Congress .
Wike is a former governor of Rivers State and a chieftain of the PDP. He has been at loggerheads with the PDP leadership since he lost the party’s presidential primary to Atiku Abubakar. “This wicked resolve against the APC in Rivers was openly announced in a meeting at the instance of the leader at his private residence in Port Harcourt, thickly attended by Mr. Cole, Dakuku, Chukwudi Dimkpa, et al, members of the innermost caucus.
He added: “How did APC win the presidential election in Rivers State, while the PDP won 13 out of 15 federal constituencies in Rivers State, losing one to the APC and One to the Labour Party? Reacting, Ganduje urged the political actors in the state not to overheat the polity and noted that the travails of APC in Rivers started in 2015 when the party had a government and lost it.
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