Rivers APC Denies Favouring FCT Minister’s Loyalists In Assembly Screening

Rivers APC Denies Favouring FCT Minister’s Loyalists In Assembly Screening

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has denied allegations that aspirants loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, were favoured during the party’s House of Assembly screening exercise, while supporters of Governor Siminalayi Fubara were deliberately denied clearance.

Speaking to journalists at the APC State Secretariat in Port Harcourt, the party’s Publicity Secretary, Chibuike Ikenga, described the claims as false and misleading. He stressed that Wike is not a member of the APC and had no role in the screening process.

Ikenga acknowledged that Wike had publicly declared support for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, but insisted that connecting him to the outcome of the screening exercise was unfair and baseless.