The chairman of the Action People’s Party (APP) in Rivers State, Hon. Sunny Wokekoro, says the party will field candidates in the October 5 local government election in the state.
The state chairman also expressed the readiness of the party to win the 23 chairmanship seats and the 310 councillorship seats in the state.
Speaking when he, alongside the national legal adviser of the party, Barr Henry Odili, and the state legal adviser, Barr Henry Ekine, received, in a courtesy visit, the simplified Rivers daughters in his office on Monday, Hon. Wokekoro said the party is open to receiving defectors from other parties.
He said, “We have to prove to the governor and to all those we are inviting to join our party that we are formidably enough and a veritable platform for them to contest the election. And how are we going to do that? We are going to start with the local government election. We have 319 wards, and we will now produce 319 councillors.”
“We intend, by the special grace of God, to sweep you out. We are not leaving any. We have 23 local government council chairperson positions to contest, and by the special grace of God, we are going to clear these 23 of them. When that is done, we are going to make this party, the APP, a national party. We are going to wrestle power and position from those parties that do not take the dream and the aspirations of Nigerians for granted,” he said.
Speaking further, Hon. Wokekoro said the APP has become a threat to the bigger party, explaining that the attack on the state secretariat by detractors made the party popular.
The APP chairman also promised to always defend the interests of the party, noting that he intends to take the party to greater heights.
He said: “If anybody is making the mistake of thinking that what they did here is a discouragement to any of us, the person should go and have his or her head re-examined because we are more, we are more emboldened, we are more determined, and we are more encouraged to do what we are doing. Rivers State must be rescued, irrespective of the political parties to which we all belong.”
Rivers State must be rescued. This narrative in River State, introduced by people who do not even understand why they have to introduce it, was introduced by people that River State has been so kind and wonderful to. River State has blessed them beyond their imaginations, and they want to introduce this kind of thing to pay back the River State people.
Also speaking, the national legal adviser of the party, Barr Henry Odili, enjoined the people to join hands and move the party forward.
Barr Odili assured on behalf of the national working committee of the party that the Action Peoples Party has come to stay in Rivers State and is ready to sweep all electable offices in the coming council elections in the state.
Earlier, the coordinator of the group, Helen Nyeche, promised to support the party chairman as he led the party to success.
Also, the chairman received, in a courtesy visit, the Supreme Council for SIM, led by its chairman, General Smith.
Highlights of activity at the secretariat were the kick-off of the “APP with Jesus” weekly prayer meeting and the dedication of the secretariat by Pastor David Dakoru.
