PORT HARCOURT – The All Progressives Congress, APC, has called on Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike to clear the air about this obviously damaging revelation which has painted the image of the office of the Governor and that of the State in opprobrious light.
In a statement on Saturday by its State Publicity Secretary, Chris Finebone, said “It is the conviction of the APC that the governor owes it as a duty to Rivers people to confirm or deny with facts and figures the accusation which is raging on in cyberspace and in the traditional media like wild fire.”
The party noted that it is now close to a week since the news came out of the (EFCC) that the detained State Secretary of the PDP, Samuel Johnson Okpoko, told the EFCC that he collected N700 million of the poll bribery cash from Fidelity Bank on the instruction of Governor Nyesom Wike.
However, Mr. Finebone, said Governor Wike, has kept sealed lips about the revelation by the PDP State Secretary who is about to be charged to court next week by the anti-graft agency.
The APC said whereas the anti-graft agency might put the invitation of the governor on hold because of constitutional immunity, he is already being investigated.
“This is because immunity does not prevent the EFCC from investigating the allegation against the governor and keeping vital information for his trial after his tenure.”
He stated further, “As a party that observed the sneaky happenings at the 2015 general elections in Rivers State and the nation, the APC would like to keep its conclusions about what happened to itself. “But we urge Gov. Nyesom Wike to tell Rivers people and Nigerians his role in the confessions made against him by the State Secretary of his own party, the PDP.”
