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Rivers State All Progressives Congress Chairman, Chief Emeka Beke, has slammed 27 state lawmakers for denying their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party .Beke, an ally of Rotimi Amaechi, said the lawmakers, led by Martin Amaewhule, cannot disown their APC membership after publicly defecting.At a news briefing on Saturday, Beke responded to Amaewhule's claims of remaining in the PDP.
Right now, we are focused on local government elections, and after that, we will take necessary actions concerning them,” he added.He also confirmed that all APC candidates for the elections had been screened and cleared by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission . “The APC will take part in the forthcoming local government elections on October 5. Our candidates have been screened and cleared,” he declared.
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