Afrigather …Says don’t waste your cash contesting Rivers LGA election subsequent week
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is jubilant, saying Rivers State is subsequent to fall to the social gathering. The Celebration additionally mentioned not solely Delta will fall subsequent however the whole South-South will fall.
That is as these warming as much as contest the October 5, 2024, native council election in Rivers State have been warned to not waste their cash. The warning got here from the APC group in Rivers State backed by the Nationwide Working Committee (NWC) of the social gathering.
The group often known as Caretaker Committee led by Tony Okocha is seen to be supported by the NWC, the presidency, and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike.
Addressing newsmen in Port Harcourt Monday morning, Okocha mentioned no election can maintain with a court docket order barring the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee, the Military, Police, and so on., to not take part.
He warned that any final result of such an train will find yourself as a nullity.
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Okocha, a chief and Knight, identified that nothing on floor reveals that an election was across the nook. “Are you able to see billboards, jingles, and so on? The election can’t maintain and in the event that they forward, the result is not going to stand”.
He talked about a number of court docket instances that point out that his group is the genuine APC group within the state saying Wike was the one making the APC thick within the state, and that he has been counseled for that by the physique of APC state chairman.
Okocha additionally mentioned all court docket judgments again the legitimacy of the 27 detected lawmakers, saying the authorized necessities for defecting to a different social gathering have been by no means there to show they defected.
He additionally counseled the Edo State APC, saying the result is indication that the APC will take over Rivers and Delta states in 2027. He mentioned they have been jubilation as a result of they have been now present that the South-South will fall to the APC.
He mentioned the social gathering was going round Rivers State to sensitize and mobilise to be in a greater place to maneuver in any route. He mentioned all teams have handed vote of confidence on the president, the FCT Minister, and him (Okocha).
