The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Rivers State has distanced itself from the proposed visit of the President-Elect, Ahmed Tinubu to the state today.

The spokesperson of APC in the state, Darlington Nwauju, in a recent statement described the visit as private and on the invitation of Governor Wike. He added that it has nothing to do with the APC in the state.

“We challenge the Governor being an outgoing governor (Mr. Wike) to play less divisive politics and exercise restraint in planting seeds of discord amongst opposition political parties.

We are aware that the governor has been working so hard to paint a false perception of the collapse of the APC structure in Rivers State even when he had in previous well-documented interviews vowed never to have anything to do with a “cancer party (APC),” Mr Nwauju said.

Tinubu who won the 25 February presidential election under the APC platform is paying a two-day visit to the state to commission a flyover and a court building constructed by Governor Wike’s administration. Mr. Wike has declared today (Wednesday) as a public holiday, urging the people of the state to turn out en masse to receive Mr. Tinubu. Mr Tinubu during his presidential campaign rally in Rivers State paid a visit to Mr Wike in Government House in Port Harcourt where the governor bragged that APC candidates in the state would not win the election and advised Mr Tinubu against investing in them (APC candidates).