The All Progressive Congress in
Rivers State has warned that the forthcoming general elections may not hold in
the state if names of their candidates are not on the ballot.
The Candidates of APC contesting
the various positions issued the threat during a media conference in Port
Harcourt because of some judicial pronouncements restraining the Independent
National Electoral Commission from including the party’s candidates in its
list.
Addressing newsmen on behalf of
other candidates, House Of Representative Candidate for Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni and
Ahoada-West Federal Constituency, Henry Odili complained that INEC has not
treated APC candidates fairly.
Odili accused the judiciary and
INEC of collaborating with Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike to deny APC their
right to vote and be voted for.
“The recent happenings in Rivers
state and the judiciary pronouncement have clearly shown to the world the
person behind the intraparty crisis in Rivers state and that’s Governor Wike.
“What he hopes to achieve from it
is to exclude the APC from participating in the 2019 elections in Rivers state
for fear of his guaranteed loss at the elections.
“The electoral laws were drafted
in such a way that the courts cannot interfere with it and it does not allow
INEC to delist or remove the name of a candidate without the candidate doing it
himself or by death.
“That INEC should with immediate
effect include ‘All the Candidates of APC’ in their list for the forth-coming
Election.
“That, having re-listed ‘All Our
Candidates’, APC in Rivers State should be given the same time frame given to
PDP Candidates in Rivers State to Campaign within the Lengths and Breath of
Rivers State.
“That, failure to abide by 1 and
2 above, APC Rivers State will resist any attempt to hold Election in Rivers
State”.
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