Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, says All Progressives Congress (APC) is expecting Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, to join the party.
Gbajabiamila made this known on Friday when he inaugurated the official quarters for members of the house of assembly in Rivers.
Wike had invited Gbajabiamila to unveil the legislative quarters built by his administration.
Wike earlier in his address at the event disclosed that he and other high-ranking PDP members worked to ensure that Gbajabiamila didn’t emerge as the speaker of the lower legislative chamber but those with whom he orchestrated the plan betrayed him.
In recent days, the governor, who is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has played host to APC members, mostly loyalists of the ruling party presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, inviting them to inaugurate projects in the state.
Gbajabiamila said he had to cut short his vacation in the US to attend the unveiling of the quarters “because of who he (Wike) is and what he is to me”.
He added that he and members of the APC are eagerly expecting Wike to join the party.
“Let me start by thanking the governor, my friend and brother, that a confession that has been known to all forever that you plotted against me,” he said.
“It is the irony of life and indeed very interesting, the twist of fate, that those who he sat with to plot against me are the same people who sat together at your primary to plot against you.
“So, plotting is not necessarily a new thing in politics but what is constant is that in politics, there are no permanent enemies, there are no permanent friends, but what you have is permanent interest.
“And by God’s grace, this one that you have started, the journey that you have started that you and I both know, shall be permanent. Please choke them. I said choke them.
“I believe that when the governor finally chokes them, the members of the state assembly will be coming with him to where he is destined to be. We await you, your excellency, and very eagerly too.