By: Felix Ikpotor
Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC , 2023 Campaign Council has denied insinuations making the rounds that it has adopted the governorship candidate of the Action Alliance, AA, Dr. Dawari George as its governorship candidate in the state following the Tuesday court ruling which nullified it primaries.
The campaign council in a statement by its spokesperson, Sogbeye Eli said the report is untrue, stressing that the party would stand by all its candidates.
The statement reads: “Our party is quoted as holding a meeting where a resolution was made adopting the governorship candidate of the Action Alliance following the decision of a Federal High Court, Port Harcourt on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 nullifying the Congresses from which our party’s candidates emerged”.
“We wish to state out of abundance of caution that the APC in Rivers State believes in the rule of law and that without reservations. We are prepared to go through the entire spectrum of the judicial process to seek redress for whatever reverses the judgment of October 25, 2022 has caused us and have commenced the appeal processes already”.
It added: “In the light of the above, it is inconceivable for anyone or group to plant a story with the criminal intent to mislead, deceive and cause distraction to our party members and the larger community of Rivers people. We state, for emphasis, that nothing can be further from the truth”.
Eli maintained that, “the Rivers APC sticks, and would continue to stand, with her governorship and all other candidates for 2023 until the matter on appeal is fully exhausted”.
