Posted 11/24/2023, 5:58:05 AM
Rivers APC In Turmoil After Ganduje Dissolves State Party Leadership
- Rivers APC chairman Emeka Beke criticizes party leader Ganduje for dissolving the state executive committee
- Beke says only the party's NEC has the power to dissolve an elected state committee per the APC constitution
- Dissolution seen as move to let Wike ally Tonye Okocha take over Rivers APC leadership
- APC sidelined 2023 governor candidate Tonye Cole in appointing Wike as minister
- Rivers APC spokesman Darlington Nwauju calls dissolution "extra-constitutional" and risky for the party