Chief Tony Okocha of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared that Rivers State governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike will be welcomed into the party if he abandons the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Okocha made the announcement yesterday while speaking to journalists in Port Harcourt, describing Wike as one of those who assisted in the inauguration of the president-elect, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
He said, “Today, Governor Wike is one of those who is helping in the enthronement of our president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. If Governor Wike wants to come to the All Progressives Congress, we will welcome him. But one thing is clear, I don’t think Nigeria wants to be a one-party country.”
The APC chieftain, who denied being an apologist for the Rivers State governor, described Wike as the best in the state’s history in terms of physical infrastructure development.
Okocha said, “I am not an apologist of Governor Wike, but on physical infrastructure development in Rivers State, Governor Wike is the best.”
He insisted that the APC governorship candidate in the state, Pastor Tonye Cole, did not make any financial contributions towards the party’s presidential campaign rally in the state.