Ibrahim Masari: Wike will work for APC — he’s in talks with Tinubu

Mohammed O. Taoheed

Ibrahim Masari, chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, is going to help his party win the presidential election.

TrackNews had reported that Wike met with Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Paris, France, on Tuesday.

The Rivers governor is said to be mulling to back the ruling party in the presidential election scheduled for February 2023.

Speaking with BBC Hausa service, Masari, who was placeholder for the vice-presidential position of the APC, said the talks with Wike are true.

“The meeting was basically on the 2023 presidential election and, by God’s grace, we are going to work with governor Nyesom Wike, he will assist and we are going to win the election with ease, by the will of God,” the politician said.

“This is because Wike is a big politician, a governor and has control in some other states apart from his state. He is good to the people and has associated with his people peacefully. By the grace of God, he will be of help to us.

“If you could remember, it was APC that caused the failure of APC in Bauchi; it was members of the party that led to the defeat of the governor from their own party. In Adamawa, too. So, what I want people to understand, someone can still assist you even without joining your party if he wants to.

“With the widespread acceptance of His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Nigerians, I can assure you, by the will of God, he is going to win the election, with or without help.”