The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, has stated that the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, is fully entitled to support any candidate, irrespective of political party.
Morka made the comments on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief.
He was responding to reports that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairmanship candidates in AMAC and Bwari Area Councils stepped down in favor of their APC rivals in the recently concluded FCT Area Council elections.
Morka said, “If Nyesom Wike wants to go on campaigning for any candidate in any party whatsoever, he has the inherent liberty to do so.
“Wike is a citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria who also has freedom guaranteed by the constitution. He has the right to support any candidate he wants.
“He has that freedom to engage, freedom to participate in our democracy and to hold his own opinion and to express same and take lawful action to back his opinion.
“It’s not about Wike’s relationship with the APC but about his views and perspective of what he believes and what he as a citizen has the right to do.”