{"id":124832,"date":"2026-01-06T22:24:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=124832"},"modified":"2026-01-06T22:24:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:24:41","slug":"resign-now-face-rivers-politics-apc-scribe-slams-wike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/resign-now-face-rivers-politics-apc-scribe-slams-wike\/","title":{"rendered":"Resign Now, Face Rivers Politics \u2014 APC Scribe Slams Wike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Lizzy Chirkpi<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ajibola Basiru, has launched a blistering attack on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, urging him to resign his ministerial appointment and concentrate on what he described as his \u201cobsession with Rivers politics and the APC.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a statement issued on Monday, Basiru said Wike lacks the moral and political standing to interfere in the affairs of the APC, stressing that the former Rivers State governor is not a registered member of the ruling party.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Basiru, Wike has no authority whatsoever to comment on APC activities or engage party officials until he formally joins the party.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cFrom my record, he (Wike) isn\u2019t a member of APC. I don\u2019t see which authority or temerity he has to be dabbling in APC affairs,\u201d Basiru said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Declaring his position within the party, Basiru added, \u201cI am the National Secretary of APC and I don\u2019t see any basis for him to be making comments about my activities either in Rivers State or in any part of Nigeria.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He dismissed claims allegedly attributed to Wike that his interest in Rivers State politics is driven by financial motives, particularly the reported \u20a6600 billion in state allocations.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAs the National Secretary of the party, my activities aren\u2019t confined to Osun State contrary to his wrong impression. I am the head of the National Secretariat of the APC.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">So, he has no locus whatsoever to engage me in any political activity that concerns the APC until he joins the party,&#8221; he added.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Basiru strongly rejected suggestions that he is an opportunist motivated by access to Rivers State funds.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSecondly, I take strong exception to his allusion that I am interested in the \u20a6600 billion allocations of Rivers State. My records of service are those of integrity and commitment to service,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI am not an opportunist, and I have never shied away from taking principled positions on any matter, no matter whose ox is gored.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Responding to what he described as veiled threats from the FCT minister, Basiru said he remains undeterred.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAs to his veiled threat against me, I am a believer in God, that only God can do something for anybody, no matter how highly placed,\u201d he declared.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI am one of the young Nigerians that confronted military dictatorship. I can\u2019t be bullied by anybody, no matter how highly placed.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He further insisted that his conduct as APC National Secretary remains impeccable and beyond reproach.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMy records as national secretary are above board, and I can\u2019t be queried by somebody who isn\u2019t a member of APC,\u201d Basiru said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Concluding his statement, the APC chieftain advised Wike to step aside from office and focus on his political battles in Rivers State.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cFinally, my advice to him is that he should resign as Minister and face his obsession with Rivers politics,\u201d Basiru said.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lizzy Chirkpi The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ajibola Basiru, has launched a blistering attack on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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