All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Rivers State, Senator Magnus Abe has bared his mind on Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.

Abe said: “I’m comfortable working with Wike. I did everything to convince Wike as governor then, to work for Tinubu in Rivers State.”

“Wike is my friend. Today, he is working in the APC government as a minister. We must work together.”

“Wike is a minister in the APC government and not a member of the APC.”

“He is a minister in our government and we cannot with all proper sense of responsibility as a party ignore the president’s appointee from our own state, who is a minister in our government. It makes no sense.”

“So, he does not have to be a member of the APC, but he is an influential figure in the APC government and it is in the interest of the party to work with him and we will do so in the party and nation’s interest and to be able to give our full support to president Bola Tinubu.”

“He was not a member of the APC when he led the G-5 to support Tinubu’s presidency bid.”

“The president didn’t stop him then that he is not a member of the APC so you cannot support me.”

“If the president didn’t say that, we too, will not say that he is not an APC member and so we will not work with him.”

“We are following the footsteps of our leader, therefore, we’ll work with him.”

“The politics of Rivers State, like we all know, for the past few years have been convoluted within the All Progressives Congress, and we’ve looked at the situation with the recent changes in the party.”

“And the appointment of the Chairman caretaker committee in the state is necessary”

For those who don’t know, Abe contested the state governorship election on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 2023 after he lost out to Tonye Cole for the party’s ticket.