Rivers APC Factional Chairman Writes Yilwatda, Seeks Recognition

A factional state chairman of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Rivers State, Emeka Beke, has written to the celebration’s new nationwide chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, searching for recognition by the celebration’s nationwide management.

Beke requested Yilwatda to droop the scheduled Rivers APC native authorities major election below the Tony Okocha-led government committee, saddling him with the management below him with the obligation.

The factional APC, which said this whereas addressing journalists after

submitting a petition on the celebration’s nationwide secretariat in Abuja on

Thursday mentioned he stays the genuine Rivers state chairman of the APC primarily based on the sooner judgment.

He mentioned in a properly thought-about judgement, “the Excessive Courtroom of Rivers State, Port Harcourt Division presided over by the Hon. Justice S. H. Aprioku put aside “the purported dissolution of our consumer (the Rivers State Govt Committee of the Party) and located that the mentioned State Govt Committee led by Chief Emeka Beke is the legitimate and subsisting management of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State till October, 2025 when its tenure will statutorily elapse.”

Beke insisted that the judgment continues to be subsisting and binding, having not been put aside by any Courtroom of competent appellate jurisdiction.

“Additionally, we’re conscious of the choice of the Nationwide management of the All Progressives Congress to increase the tenure of workplace of all elected State Govt Committees to December 2025, and we welcome the mentioned resolution.

“We want to respectfully carry to your discover the judgment of the Excessive Courtroom of Rivers State, Port Harcourt Division, delivered by Hon Justice S.H. Aprioku, which affirmed the subsistence of the tenure of the Chief Emeka Beke led Govt Committee of APC, Rivers State and the judgment of Hon. Justice Obomanu of the Excessive Courtroom of Justice, Rivers State in Go well with No. PHC/3859/CS/2024-Okwu Joebrown Ndike & Ors. v. All Progressives Congress & Anor. This invalidated the purported election of the Chief Tony Okocha-led APC, Rivers State government committee.

“We’re members of the State Govt Committee of the All Progressives Congress, Rivers State Chapter, and write in that capability.

“Might we prolong our warmest congratulations in your well-deserved emergence because the Nationwide Chairman of the All Progressives Congress. We consider that your emergence as Nationwide Chairman couldn’t have come at a greater second than this.

“We hereby carry to your consideration that following the try to unlawfully dissolve the Rivers State management construction of the All Progressives Congress someday in 2023, we filed Go well with No by the State Secretary, Sam Etetegwung. PHC/3592/CS/2023 (Between Sam Sam Etetegwung Vs. His Excellency, Abdullahi Ganduje & Ors.), difficult the validity and propriety of the mentioned dissolution on the Excessive Courtroom of Rivers State, Port Harcourt Division.

“We humbly attraction to the Nationwide Chairman to make use of his good workplace and droop the scheduled native authorities primaries of the APC, Rivers State, led by Chief Tony Okocha, Govt Committee, and direct the Chief Emeka Beke-led Govt Committee to superintend your complete course of, the Chief Emeka Beke-led Govt Committee being duly recognised by regulation.

“Flowing from the above, subsequently, we specific our need to work with the brand new nationwide management of the Party in actualising the lofty beliefs of the Party, significantly in Rivers State,” he added.