APC Clears Wike Loyalists, Disqualifies All Fubara-Aligned Assembly Aspirants

In advance of the party’s 2027 general election primary, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Rivers State chapter has made public the list of candidates who have been vetted and those who have been disqualified.

The list shows that 65 candidates were not cleared to run in the primaries, while 33 candidates were.

Notably, all 32 candidates who were thought to be affiliated with Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s faction were eliminated from the competition.

On the other hand, current members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who supported Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike were exempt.

Members who bought the House of Assembly Expression of Interest and Nomination forms were urged to check their status on the notice board at the party’s state secretariat, which is located at No. 268B Aba Road, Port Harcourt, according to a statement released by the party’s State Publicity Secretary, Chibike Ikenga.

Ikenga went on to say that the party secretariat should handle appeals pertaining to the screening results.

He further stated that the appeal procedure will take place at the party secretariat on Tuesday, May 12, by 10 a.m.

In the meanwhile, the screening committee disqualified the impacted candidates for a number of reasons in a report that was made public.

“Nominations by persons who are not financially up-to-date members of the Party, contrary to Article 9.3 of the Party Constitution, inducement and attempted bribery of Committee members, submission of unsworn affidavits, failure to present voter cards, failure to present Party membership slips or cards, conflicting dates of birth, failure to confirm payment of membership dues by nominators, irregular party membership numbers of nominators, inconsistent names appearing in submitted documents, insufficient nominators with required numbers that fall short of three nominations per ward, and invalid affidavits that failed to disclose material details pertaining to NECO certificates” are some of the reasons.”