Tonye Cole Calls Out Wike, Tells Him to Be Clear About His Loyalty

Tonye Cole, the former All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for governor of Rivers State, has attacked Nyesom Wike, the FCT Minister, for his affiliation with the ruling APC although claiming to be a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Speaking on Channels Television’s “Politics Today” program on Friday, Cole stated that Wike shouldn’t mislead people about his political affiliation.

Do you think he’s PDP or APC? To the best of our knowledge, he is PDP.

“We can’t keep confusing Rivers State voters and Nigerians because it is dangerous for democracy to be in one party and control another party, and we are trying to create a one-party state that is a mixture that nobody is clear about,” he stated.

It was noted that Wike ran against his party’s Northern-born candidate, Atiku Abubakar, when campaigning for the presidency in 2023, urging him to relocate to the South.

Following that, President Bola Tinubu nominated the former governor of Rivers State as a minister.

He has endorsed the president’s ambition for a second term in many forums.

In the August 30 local government election in Rivers, the APC was said to have won 20 of the 23 council seats.

In Obio/Akpo, where Wike chaired the council for two terms in 1999 before becoming a governor from 2015 to 2023, the PDP were victorious in three councils.