The Domestic Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has said the party will resolve the current disagreement in the middle of some APC governors and the Minister of the Federal Finance Territory, Nyesom Wike, using dialogue and mutual respect.
Naija News reports that Yilwatda said the APC help remained focused on preserving the unity of the party, respecting the political rights of its members and preparing for the 2027 usual elections.
The APC chairman stated this in an interview using Provide by method of his Important Adviser on Media and Information Technique, Abimbola Tooki, in Abuja.
The disagreement followed the rejection by the Progressive Governors’ Forum of political arrangements which the governors consider could weaken the APC or impact its candidates in the 2027 elections.
The APC governors, led by the Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum and Imo Situation Governor, Hope Uzodimma, have said they would help candidates officially sponsored by the party.
In a communique read by Uzodimma, the governors said, “The APC Governors’ Forum unanimously resolved that its members will not enter in, help or support any alliance or political setup qualified of undermining the re-election of Mr President, weakening the APC or adversely affecting any candidate of the party at all levels.
“The Forum has no intention to support any candidate at any extent that is not an APC candidate as our candidates who are contesting the election are being sponsored by our party.”
Wike, a person of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has maintained that his recommend for Tinubu does not mean he has abandoned the PDP or that he must assist APC candidates in other elections.
The FCT minister has additionally rejected claims that the Rainbow Coalition was created to weaken the APC, saying its principal aim was to mobilise endorse for Tinubu’s re-election.
“There was not ever a day I went to the Governors’ Forum to align alongside the APC coalition. Political differences are standard in a democracy, and we consider they should be managed throughout dialogue, maturity and respect for the institutions and processes of the multiple political parties.”
There was at no time one day. I have been talking concerning my alliance using political parties, and there was under no circumstances one day that he referred to our alliance,” Wike said.
He has moreover argued that political parties stay free to field candidates for governorship and legislative elections although politicians support Tinubu at the presidential rank.
Against the backdrop of the substitute in the middle of Wike and the APC governors, Yilwatda said the disagreement should not be allowed to escalate into a crisis in the ruling party.
He described the situation as a difference in political perspectives that could be managed using dialogue and diplomacy.
Yilwatda said, “Mr Wike has made his attitude on the Rainbow Coalition understood, although APC governors have additionally distinctly stated their recommend for the President and the party’s candidates.
“For us in the APC, the priority is to condition party unity, respect the democratic rights of all political actors and persist focused on the 2027 elections.
“The Domestic Chairman has consistently emphasised that the party’s doors continue accessible to constructive engagement, but the APC will continue to increase its structures and effort together with all stakeholders committed to the transfer forward of the country.
“There is therefore no require to personalise the disagreement or escalate the rhetoric.
Source: APC Chairman Reveals How Party Will Solve Wike, Govs' Rift
