- The Accord Party has declared its intention to form an alliance with the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state
- The party's stance is against the backdrop of the exclusion of APC in the elections by a Supreme Court verdict
- Two factions of the APC in the state had been at loggerheads over the authentic party primaries in the state
The Accord Party has declared its intention to form an alliance with the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state to boost its strength in order to defeat the incumbent Governor Nyesom Wike in the Saturday, March 9 gubernatorial election in the state.
The party's stance is against the backdrop of the exclusion of APC in the elections by a Supreme Court verdict
Two factions of the APC in the state had been at loggerheads over the authentic party primaries in the state before the apex court's ruling.
The governorship candidate of the Accord party, Dumo Lulu Briggs, who addressed a press conference in Abuja on Sunday, February 17, said his party will be happy to partner APC in the elections in the state.
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Briggs said though Accord is strong enough and has the capacity to win the election on its own; the victory will be landslide if the party can get the support of APC in the state.
His words: “It remains a matter for the APC to consider if they will collapse their structures into Accord; we are not endorsing President Muhammadu Buhari because we are not expecting anything in return but because we believe in the efficacy of our elections and the good work that the president is doing, therefore we want him to have a second term.
“I can tell you that Accord is very strong in Rivers to win that elections, forget what you see on the television screen, the bigger they come, the harder they fall; to some of you in the media, Governor Wike is like a Goliath, but here is a David; so be rest assured that we are going to win the next governorship election, and if we get the support of the APC, it will be a landslide.”
According to him, Rivers state is presently at its lowest ebb in terms of development, adding that the level of unemployment in the state has risen to 41.8 per cent, while 18.8 per cent others are underemployed.
He pointed out that the Rivers people are anxiously yearning for change and empowerment, which he said he is known, having empowered many young people with scholarship and money to start off different small scale businesses.
He said Accord Party has agents and supporters in all the polling units across the state, adding that they have their campaign itinerary lined up to reach all the hinterlands in the state to interface with community leaders, young people, market women, saying the reception they have received is awesome.
Meanwhile, KOWA Party has rebuffed claims of endorsing either Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party or President Muhammadu Buhari of the ruling APC ahead of the presidential elections.
The party made the clarification via a statement sent to Legit.ng by the national chairman of the party, Saidu Bobboi on Thursday, February 14.
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Bobboi stated that KOWA Party is an alternative platform to the bigger political parties, stressing that the party has fielded 300 candidates for the 2019 general election at all levels of government including the presidential election.
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