Farouq Aliyu has put Nyesom Wike where he truly belongs – in the dustbin of betrayal. The former Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) made a shocking revelation that “anybody that is willing to destroy his party for us, we welcome him”, referring to Wike.
The former House Leader said that yesterday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. According to him, APC appreciate Wike for destroying his own Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but they were determined not to allow him do the same with the ruling party.
Describing the FCT minister as “arrogant” Aliyu said the APC governors were firm and ready to resist Wike’s dirty antics ahead of 2027 elections.
Recall that Nyesom Wike, during an interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme, said that APC governors were “politically lazy”.
The former Rivers State Governor, who contested PDP presidential ticket with Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in 2022 and lost, has successfully destroyed the party in favour of APC during the 2023 elections. President Bola Tinubu paid him back, compensating him with one of the choicest ministerial portfolios.
But his Rainbow Alliance, which he said would support the President’s reelection and campaign for PDP candidates, is already causing confusion.
Reacting, Farouq Aliyu insisted that APC appreciate anyone willing to destroy their own party for APC’s sake but wouldn’t allow such people to also destroy APC in the same manner they destroyed theirs.
“We appreciate what he did for us, and anybody that is willing to destroy his party for us, we welcome him, like Wike tried to destroy his party.
“Now, we will not allow him to also use our party, the APC, to build his own party, the PDP. He cannot come through the back door in the name of support for President Tinubu,” the former Majority Leader said.