THE Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Tuesday named the Minister of the Federal Capital (FCT) Nyesom Wike as a member of the party’s campaign council for the Bayelsa governorship poll.
Ganduje also named the former governor of Rivers State as a member of the campaign councils for Kogi and Imo governorship polls billed for later in the year.
“The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), H. E. Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, CON, in consultation with the National Working Committee (NWC), has approved the composition of the Bayelsa State National Gubernatorial Campaign Council with the primary purpose of leading the Gubernatorial Campaign in Bayelsa State and ensuring the triumph of our great Party at the November 11, 2023 Governorship election,” the APC said in a circular sighted by News Point Nigeria late Tuesday.
Wike, who has not resigned as a member of the main opposition Peoples Democratic (PDP) following a fallout with the party in the lead-up to the February presidential election, was recently sworn in as a minister by President Bola Tinubu.
The APC listed Gombe Governor Inuwa Yahaya as the chairman of the party’s governorship campaign council in Bayelsa with Defence Minister Abubakar Badaru; Senate President Godsdwill Akpabio and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) George Akume as co-chairmen.
Weeks before Wike’s appointment by the ruling party, the PDP had also listed him as a member of its campaign council for the Bayelsa governorship election.
The former governor, who is a member of the “G5 governors” of the PDP, was named alongside some members of the group – a former governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom; a former Abia State governor, Okezie Ikpeazu; and a former governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.
Although the PDP has yet to comment on the matter, many are watching to see how the intrigues unfold ahead of the off-season elections.
