APC Chieftains have threatened to leave the party If President Bola Ahmed Tinubu nominates Nyesome Wike for ministerial appointment.
According to reports, All Progressives Congress (APC) party chieftains are vehemently opposed to the selection of former Rivers state governor Nyesom Wike as a minister in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet.
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According to SurgeZirc NG, the president, who is required by the constitution to deliver his cabinet list within 60 days after his inauguration, has only three days before the deadline.
Sources confirmed that there has been concern over the list because the President has been revising the list he had created.
According to a highly placed source, the president has stated that he is interested in Rivers, Kano, and Lagos states and would like to personally select ministerial nominees from the three states, while the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, is said to have been given the authority to nominate ministers from the North-East.
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In the instance of Rivers, however, party leaders are divided, with the majority apparently opposing the alleged nomination of former Governor Nyesom Wike.
Some opposed to Wike have officially written to President Tinubu, while other party members who worked hard for APC win have vowed to leave the party should the President abandon those that laboured to ensure that the party existed in the state despite what they described as the hostile environment created by the ruling PDP
