Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Kingsley Wali, has attributed the ongoing political crisis in the state to Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
In an interview with Punch, Wali alleged that Tinubu, in disagreement with the party’s state leader, former governor Rotimi Amaechi, has intentionally “destroyed” the APC in Rivers.
Wali claimed that the rift between Tinubu and Amaechi escalated after Amaechi contested the APC presidential primary against Tinubu, securing the second position.
Following this, Amaechi purportedly sided with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the 2023 election, allegedly working against Tinubu’s victory.
In response, Nyesom Wike, a PDP chieftain and Amaechi’s political rival, reportedly supported Tinubu in the state.
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According to Wali, Tinubu’s meeting with Governor Sim Fubara and Wike was mere formality as it has failed to yield positive results.
He stated, “Our problem goes beyond the status of the APC in Rivers State because truth be told, there is no such thing as the APC in Rivers State, because the President of the country has intentionally and deliberately because whatever disagreement he had with the leader of the party in the state, destroyed the party that he was part of, that he helped to form, but for selfish reasons, he wants to destroy the party in Rivers State.
“But in destroying the APC in Rivers State, he was forgetting the people who died defending the cause of the APC in Rivers State, they are a legion. There was a particular family in Omok, the father, his wife, and the children were all executed.
“A lot of people were killed, but what the President is doing to the APC in Rivers State is simply spitting or peeing on the graves of those who died defending the party in the state. But again, it is Nigeria; that is the way Nigeria works,” he added.
Wali further revealed that the APC in Rivers State has seen an influx of “PDP refugees” since the appointment of Wike as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister.