The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers have cautioned against the declaration of LG polls results
The Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress in Rivers have cautioned against the declaration of results in the state’s local government electionsSpeaking at a press briefing on Saturday, Aaron Chukwuemeka, the Rivers PDP chairman, warned that announcing results could incite violence.
“The proper court judgments must be obeyed as we cannot choose or pick which order of court to obey or not to obey.“We want to caution that any attempt to announce any result whatsoever will be an invitation to violence and will be properly resisted as no election held in the Rivers state on the 5th of October 2024 as ordered by the courts.”
“The entire process of the local government election in Rivers state is in conflict with the laws of the land —If the process is done according to law, my party will participate in the election,” he said.On his part, Tony Okocha, ex-chairman of the APC caretaker committee in Rivers, also warned that declaring “fictitious” results would ignite unrest.
“We caution against any announcement or any attempt to announce fictitious individuals as elected chairmen in the local government area.
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