A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has urged the newly-reinstalled Rivers APC executive committee led by Emeka Beke to ensure that Governor Siminalayi Fubara joins the national ruling party.
Eze also pleaded with the Beke-led State Executive Committee to formalize the membership of the 27 lawmakers led by Martins Amaewhule, in obedience to President Bola Tinubu’s directive “that we should not discard anybody from joining APC.”
Eze made this statement on Tuesday in reaction to the judgment of a State High Court in Port Harcourt, which affirmed the position of Emeka Beke and his team as the lawfully recognized state chairman and executive committee members of the APC in the state.
Eze further stated, “we will not tolerate any undue interference in Rivers State APC affairs, particularly by giving offices to non-members of APC like Tony Okocha and his misguided co-travelers who are not registered members of the party.”
He added, “now that sanity has been restored to APC in Rivers State, the leadership should lobby Governor Sim Fubara to join the party instead of any other political party, as we are ready to assist him in any way possible to move the state forward.”
Eze described the judgment as having “sent shockwaves down the spines of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and his collaborators at the APC National Working Committee, as their attempts to bribe judicial officers failed in this instance.”
He called the threat by Tony Okocha to appeal the judgment “the joke of the year,” stating that it is merely a last-ditch effort by a drowning man looking for anything to hold on to, as his dubious means of extorting funds from Nyesom Wike and the party leadership under the guise of party activities in Rivers State have come to an end.