Before the party’s primaries for the 2027 general elections, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Rivers State branch has made public the list of candidates who have been vetted and those who have been disqualified.
33 candidates were approved to run in the primaries, while 65 others were not, according to the list.
Interestingly, all 32 candidates who were thought to be affiliated with Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s faction were eliminated from the competition.
On the other hand, current members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who supported Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), were exempt.
Members who bought the House of Assembly Expression of Interest and Nomination forms were urged to check their status on the notice board at the party’s state secretariat, which is situated at No. 268B Aba Road, Port Harcourt, according to a statement released by Chibike Ikenga, the State Publicity Secretary of the party.
Ikenga went on to say that the party secretariat should handle appeals resulting from the screening results.
The appeal procedure is set to take place at the party secretariat by 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 12, he continued.
Meanwhile, the screening committee highlighted a number of reasons why the impacted candidates were disqualified in a report that was made public.
“Nominations by persons who are not financially up-to-date members of the Party, contrary to Article 9.3 of the Party Constitution, inducement and attempted bribery of Committee members, submission of unsworn affidavits, failure to present voter cards, failure to present Party membership slips or cards, conflicting dates of birth, failure to confirm payment of membership dues by nominators, irregular party membership numbers of nominators, inconsistencies in names appearing in submitted documents, insufficient nominators with required numbers that fall short of three nominations per ward, and invalid affidavits that failed to disclose material information relating to NECO certificates” are some of the reasons.”
