The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced that it will not participate in the local government elections set for October 5.
Aaron Chukwuemeka, the state party chairman, made this announcement following a stakeholders’ meeting at the PDP secretariat in Port Harcourt.
He stated that the party is awaiting a court ruling regarding the election in a case brought by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and urged party members to refrain from any activities related to the election.
“We’ve just risen from a stakeholders meeting and took the following decisions that as a law-abiding party we will not be part of the purported local government election that they have slated for the 5th of October,” he stated.
“A few months ago, there was a suit instituted by the APC, we are not part of that suit. But as a law abiding party, we heard that an order was issued by the court restraining the parties that status quo remains the same. That RSIEC should not go ahead with the election, and we will wait for the court decision.”
This is coming days after both Emeka Beke, the reinstated APC Chairman and Tony Okocha the sacked CTC Chairman held press briefings with conflicting messages on the participation of the party in the election.