The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has declared its interest in participating in the forthcoming local government election in the state.
Chief Tony Okocha, Chairman of the APC caretaker committee in the state, made this announcement on Thursday in Port Harcourt, the state capital, when he received concerned members of the party from Obio/Akpor Local Government Area.
Okocha revealed that the party leadership in the state has already notified Governor Siminalayi Fubara that the LG election must be conducted at the expiration of the tenure of the current chairmen and councillors.
The APC caretaker committee Chairman insisted that there would be no room for a caretaker committee for the local government councils. He urged all aggrieved members of the APC in Rivers State to return and join the party to rebuild its structure as soon as possible.
Okocha said, “We received former state Assembly candidates of SDP and their supporters. No division, my doors are always open.”
The publicity secretary of the APC caretaker committee, Hon. Chibuike Ikenga, also stated that the party’s doors are open for members willing to join the fold.
Ikenga said, “This is a new APC. Our doors are open, and our hands are open to welcome those willing to join the APC.”
In his earlier remarks, the leader of the delegation, Professor Lawrence Chuku, pledged support for the leadership of the current caretaker committee of the APC in the state.
Chuku stated that they were also committed to the APC under the national leadership of the party and President Bola Tinubu.
He called on all aggrieved members of the party to come together and rebuild the party structure for victory in all coming elections in the state.
