Rivers APC speaks on ex-Reps Minority Leader, Chinda’s governorship bid

The Rivers State section of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has confirmed that erstwhile Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Okey Chinda, is so a subordinate of the enactment amid increasing speculation implicit his alleged defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and his information successful the party’s governorship screening process.

The Publicity Secretary of the APC successful Rivers State, Chibuike Ikenga, disclosed this portion responding to questions surrounding Chinda’s introduction into the Rivers governorship contention nether the APC platform.

Chinda’s emergence arsenic an aspirant of the APC had sparked wide reactions, particularly arsenic helium was until precocious a salient fig successful the PDP and served arsenic Minority Leader successful the House of Representatives.

Addressing the contention successful an interrogation with DAILY POST, Ikenga stated categorically that Chinda had fulfilled the requirements for rank of the APC, stressing that the party’s constitution allows Nigerians to articulation astatine immoderate time, including those seeking elective positions.

“He’s a subordinate of the APC,” Ikenga said.

Explaining the process for precocious entrants into the party, the APC spokesperson noted that aspirants who articulation the enactment adjacent to an predetermination play tin use for a waiver to alteration them enactment successful the party’s activities similar longstanding members.

Ikenga further explained that erstwhile specified a waiver is granted by the app...