The State Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State, Chris Finebone, has reiterated that the party is intact and undisturbed by activities of some detractors who are bent on creating an imaginary crisis.
A statement made available to Africa Update today reads :
Gentlemen of the press,
All through this week, there has been heightened enquiries from the media concerning the commissioning of what is referred to as ‘parallel office’ of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State. I want to use this opportunity to discountenance that suspicion and to clearly state that it is far from the truth.
Let me state for the umpteenth time that APC in Rivers State is not in factions and there is no basis to even conjecture that we will ever get to that situation. You will recall that there were no parallel congresses of the party in Rivers State, from the 319 Wards, 23 LGA Congresses to the State Congress.
Indeed, we believe that with party primaries drawing near, many aspirants to various offices under our party are already erecting campaign offices in pursuance of their aspirations and no one can possibly fault that.
However, it must be stated that, given the possibility that some human beings may sometimes decide to act in unconscionable manner, should any attempt be made by anyone or group of persons to cause mischief by deliberately naming their campaign office as Rivers State APC Secretariat, the leadership of APC will take deliberate steps (within the ambit of the law) to ensure that such malfeasance does not succeed.
Once again, we assure the media and the public that Rivers APC is one under the able leadership of the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and Hon. Ojukaye Fla-Amachree as State Chairman.
