By Felix Fynecountry
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has been listed among the 124-member campaign council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Bayelsa State.
The Abdullahi Ganduje-led National Working Committee NWC listed Wike, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as part of the APC team to prosecute the November 11 governorship elections in Bayelsa.
Although Wike’s name was not in the 124-member list which TheNiche got from the APC, an APC source reliably informed the newspaper on Tuesday night that Wike’s name was smuggled in after it had been compiled.
The source claimed the insertion was the handiwork of Wike apologists bent on dragging him to the APC.
The NWC also listed chairmen for the three states that will be holding governorship election on November 11 – Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi, with their members.
The Gombe State Governor, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya will chair the Bayelsa Campaign Council; Cross River state Governor, Bassey Otu will chair the 138-member Imo Campaign Council while Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state will chair a 135-member council for Kogi.
The three Co-Chairmen for Kogi are Govs. Babajide Sanwo-olu (Lagos); Umar Bago (Niger) and Uba Sani (Kaduna).
Imo has Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru; Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu and Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha as Co-Chairmen.
Bayelsa has Defence Minister, Mohammed Badaru, Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Senator George Akume as Co-Chairmen.
