Chukwudi Akasike, Port HarcourtThe Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Sunday dismissed claims by the lawmaker representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District in the Senate, Magnus Abe, that there was no ward congress in the state. Abe had said on Saturday that the ward congresses were marred by manipulations, adding that the APC members believed to be loyal to him were sidelined or schemed out of the exercise. But the Chairman, Ward and Local Government Congresses Committee, Mr. Joseph Dogo, said while addressing newsmen at the state party secretariat in Port Harcourt, that the ward elections were successful in the state. Dogo maintained that there should be no contradiction on the ward congresses in the state, even as he challenged anybody saying that there was no ward congress in the state to come up with facts. The Wards and Local Government Elections Committee chairman pointed out that even the security agencies could affirm to the fact that there were elections in Rivers State.

Source: Punch May 07, 2018 00:33 UTC