Wike Doesn’t Have To Be An APC Member To Work With Us – Magnus Abe

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abe has come out to defend his decision to work with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.

He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, he is very comfortable working with Wike because he is his friend, so he has no issue with collaborating with a PDP member despite being an APC politician.

Abe added that Wike does not have to be a member of his party to be an influential figure in the APC government.

His words, “I’m comfortable working with Wike. I did everything to convince Wike as governor then, to work for Tinubu in Rivers State.

Wike is my friend. Today, he is working in the APC government as a minister. We must work together.

He is a minister in our government and we cannot with all proper sense of responsibility as a party ignore the president’s appointee from our own state, who is a minister in our government. It makes no sense.

So, he does not have to be a member of the APC, but he is an influential figure in the APC government and it is in the interest of the party to work with him and we will do so in the party and nation’s interest and to be able to give our full support to the president (Bola Tinubu).

He was not a member of the APC when he led the G-5 to support Tinubu’s presidency bid.

The president didn’t stop him then that he is not a member of the APC so you cannot support me.

If the president didn’t say that, we too, will not say that he is not an APC member and so we will not work with him.

We are following the footsteps of our leader, therefore, we’ll work with him.”