A group of All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in Rivers has made an appeal to the party’s national leadership on the urgent need to intervene in the crisis rocking the state chapter, ahead of the nation’s next general elections in 2023.
The group made the appeal in a statement jointly signed by Mr. Tonte Amachree and Mr. Kelvin Obulo on Sunday, February 19, in Abuja.
“We are APC stakeholders in Rivers and have been loyal and active members of Magnus Abe group.
“Last Thursday, we were called by some people who are known leaders of Magnus Abe group in Opbo/North and Asari-Toru Local Government Areas, to a meeting.
“The meeting had elite members of the Magnus Abe group in attendance,” the group said.
The group however alleged that some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were also at the meeting.
“Some leaders of the PDP were also at the meeting and advised the group on how to proceed.
“Why will members of opposition party be in our meeting, we had earlier believed that we were working to put the party back together, but with the new development, we believe otherwise.
“How can PDP leaders be in our midst, encouraging us and even guiding us on how to pull down our party in the guise of making things right,” it said.
The statement added: “We silently walked out of the meeting with the realisation that we have been fooled all along.
“We cannot fold our arms and allow some people to mislead us again, we cannot afford for our party not to be on the ballot again.
“We refuse to let 2019 repeat itself in 2023, we are calling on APC leadership to call Abe and his group to order, so that the state APC chapter will move forward.”
