Ayo Arise, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that Chris Ngige should be sacked by the federal government for not publicly supporting Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the party.
This follows after Ngige, minister of labour and employment, said on October 8 that he would not mention his preferred presidential candidate in the 2023 elections.
Ngige’s reason was that he is friends with Tinubu and Peter Obi, the Labour Party candidate.
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However, Arise, a former senator, stated that Ngige’s comment puts his loyalty into question, and insisted for the minister’s sack
In a chat with Channels Television, ‘Sunrise Daily’ on Monday, Arise said:
“You would give it to the south-east that they think that it is their time to produce the president but unfortunately, this has to be done through an election, you can’t just handpick somebody.
“But as an Igbo person, if his sentiment is with Obi then when you look at it, that questions his loyalty to the party. That’s the way I look at it.
“I’m an APC person, and I would not under any circumstance have any difficulty supporting my candidate unless I move from my party to another one.
“He should be sacked, it’s not a question of whether he should resign. If you’re saying you don’t know (who to support) but you’re benefiting from the party.”
