Port Harcourt, Rivers state – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state has withdrawn from the local government election scheduled for Saturday, October 5.
The APC caretaker committee chairman, Chief Tony Okocha, said the party will not participate in the electoral exercise due to some procedural flaws.
Okocha said the process of conducting the election is not in tandem with any known law.
As reported by Vanguard, Okocha stated this while speaking at an enlarged stakeholders meeting in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, August 21.
Okocha disclosed that the APC has already gone to court to stop all the processes of conducting the election because it does not follow all the due processes of law.
He further stated that:
Meanwhile, TimesNow.com.ng reported that the Rivers APC caretaker committee inaugurated by the Abdullahi Ganduje-led NWC was sacked by the state high court.
Ganduje-led APC leadership was faulted for dissolving the Emeka Beke-led executive in Rivers and constituting the Chief Tony Okocha-led committee
According to the court, the APC NWC failed to justify the allegation of anti-party activities allegation against the Beke-led executive.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
