Sacked Rivers council chairmen, councilors move to stop April 17 LG polls
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By Davies Iheamnachor
The sacked 22 local government chairmen and their councillors elected under former Governor Chibuike Amaechi in Rivers State have threatened to stop the scheduled local government elections in the state.
The chairmen, who were elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who were sacked under the administration of the incumbent Governor Nyesom Wike, stated it would be contempt of court if the state goes ahead to hold the LG polls as scheduled on the 17th of April, 2021.
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Local government chairmen and councillor’s in Rivers State, elected under former Governor Rotimi Amaechi in 2015 have warned against the conduct of local government elections in the state as announced by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission.
The removed chairmen and councillor’s said there is a pending matter before the Appeal Court over their removal, stressing that any attempt to conduct the local government election will amount to contempt of court.
This comes a week after the faction of the APC led by Senator Magnus Abe declared preparedness for the forthcoming council elections.
Factional Chairman of the group, Golden Ben-Chioma, who took over mantle of leadership from Igo Aguma, said the party was ready to impact politically in the state, having suffered backwardness for years due to leadership crisis.