Rivers State LGA polls: 17 political parties set to participate ( see full list)

Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has displayed the list of 17 political parties that would jostle for Chairmanship and Councillor slots across the 23 LGAs of the state, ahead of Saturday, April 17, 2021 Local Government Election.
According to the list displayed at the commission’s office along Aba Road, on April 13, the political parties certified to participate in the election include, African Action Congress (AAC); Action Democratic Party (ADP); Accord Party (AP); Social Democratic Party (SDP); National Rescue Movement (NRM); Action Alliance (AA); Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Labour Party (LP); and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).

Others are, Young Progressive Party (YPP); Allied Peoples Movement (APM); All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA); African Democratic Congress (ADC); New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP); Boot Party (BP); Peoples Redemption Party (PRP); and Action Peoples Party (APP), the All Progressives Congress (APC), was, however, not listed.
It would be recalled that the Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the APC in the state, Barrister Isaac Ogbogbula, had written to RSIEC Chairman, Justice George Omereji (rtd), notifying the commission that the party would not participate in the polls.