Rivers APC in dilemma over Wike, Tinubu alliance

<p>The alliance between President Bola Tinubu and former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has put the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in a state of confusion.</p>, <p>This is just as the future of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the State remains bleak.</p>, <p>Tinubu’s alliance with Wike started during the presidential election, with the former governor snubbing his own party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.</p>, <p>Things got to a climax when the President appointed Wike as a member of his cabinet. This was considered as a way of compensating Wike for the role he played during the election.</p>, <p>With these developments, and Wike’s hesitation to open up on his political stand, the fate of the APC in Rivers State and that of the PDP now hangs in the balance.</p>, <p>Wike, a chieftain of the PDP, had on many occasions declared that he cannot be suspended by the party.</p>, <p>DAILY POST recalls that the ex-governor had sued the PDP seeking to stop any form of disciplinary action against him.</p>, <p>In the suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/139/2023, he had prayed for an order directing all parties to maintain the status quo and stay all actions in the matter relating to the threat to suspend or expel him by the 1st to 5th respondents pending the hearing and determination of the originating motion.</p>, <p>He asked the court to enforce his fundamental right to freedom of association which was allegedly about to be breached by the respondents.</p>, <p>However, the court held that the PDP has the right to suspend or expel Wike if the action is done in accordance with the law.</p>, <p>The PDP is yet to take any action against the former governor, a decision that has put the party in Rivers in a comatose state.</p>, <p>It is the same scenario in the Rivers APC where the likes of former Governor of Rivers State and leader of the APC in the State, Chief Chibuike Amaechi, 2015 governorship candidate, Dakuku Peterside, 2019 and 2023 governorship candidate, Tonye Cole, among others in