Prof. Iorwuese Hagher, a former Nigerian ambassador to Mexico and Canada, has officially left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Orduuga Tyokegh, the APC Ward Chairman, registered Hagher on Friday in his Utange Ward in the Katsina-Ala Local Government Area.

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Speaking upon his APC membership registration, he stated, “I have found rest, I am not in APC to look for a job, I have joined the APC to help, I am here to assist my friend Sen. Dr. George Akume who is the first Tiv man to be SGF and he is also the leader of the APC.
“All politics is local and the Shitile people where I come from have always voted for APC therefore I have decided to join them.”

According to speculation, Hagher relocated to Abuja later on Friday and visited Elder Simon Shango, the chairman of the Benue State APC Elders Council, in his office to give him his APC registration slip.

Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), accepted that he made a mistake in his judgment of Rivers State Governor Sim Fubara.

Wike pleaded for forgiveness from both God and his Rivers State political family.

The minister promised to keep his opponents upset so they would keep making mistakes and promised to fix the error at the appropriate moment.

In honor of Chief George Thompson Sekibo’s 36 years of public service, Wike spoke yesterday at an Ogu-Bolo civic gathering.

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According to Wike: “I want to say this clearly: in life, we make mistakes.

“I have made a mistake. I own it up and I say God forgive me. I have said all of you forgive me. But we will correct it at the appropriate time.

“I am human. I am bound to make mistakes. So forgive me for making a wrong judgment. So nobody should kill.”

Wike also urged his supporters in the state assembly not to succumb to intimidation, saying: “Don’t be afraid. Nobody will remove you as lawmakers.

“Most of you don’t understand. This is our work. Our business is to make them to fear. That is what I am doing.

“We will make them to be angry every day and they will continue to make mistakes.”

Bode George, a former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has urged party stakeholders and elders to become involved in the political turmoil that is roiling Rivers State.

George, who made this call on Friday, warned President Bola Tinubu not to take the danger of certain state House of Assembly lawmakers impeaching Governor Siminalayi Fubara lightly and warned that the Rivers situation might turn into a national catastrophe.

But he cautioned against letting people sit on the sidelines and act like nothing was wrong, stating that the PDP owns the state.

George insisted that all PDP lawmakers who switched to the All Progressives Congress, or APC, had automatically lost their seats and were “in no position to threaten Governor Fubara,” citing Section 109 (1) (g) of the 1999 Constitution, which stipulates that a member of the House of Assembly shall vacate his seat if he moves to another party.

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“So their plot to commence impeachment proceedings against the governor is already in vain,” he stressed.

George added, “Rivers people belong to PDP. Those threatening to impeach the governor are being remote-controlled by some forces. This must stop because if Rivers is set on fire today, that may end this democracy.

“We should remember ‘Operation Wetie’ which started in the defunct Western Region and eventually consumed the nation and ended the First Republic in 1966.

“All the actors in this crisis in Rivers should avoid actions likely to cause breach of peace and breakdown of law and order in our country.

“Members of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of our party should be the elders in the room, act swiftly and nip this crisis in the bud before it consumes everybody.

“All the gladiators should also think of the collective interests of Nigerians.

“Whether we are members of PDP, APC or other parties, we should stop issuing provocative statements to increase the tension in Rivers.

“Any move that can truncate this democracy must be stopped immediately. Enough is enough.”