No election without our candidates —Rivers APC

A faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, has vowed not to allow the 2019 elections hold in the state if the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, fails to restore its candidates on the ballot.

This came as the Supreme Court will today deliver judgement on the appeal by APC, challenging its exclusion from the polls by the court.

Nominated national and state assembly flag-bearers of the faction of the Rivers APC, while handing down the threat in Port Harcourt, yesterday, described INEC’s delisting of Rivers APC and its candidates from the coming polls as “unlawful and strange.”

Flag-bearer for Onelga/Ahoada West Federal Constituency, Henry Odili, who declared the collective feelings among the worried candidates, said Nigeria’s constitution guarantees the right of political parties to nominate candidates and forbids interference from the courts.

Among other demands, Odili said: “INEC should, with immediate effect, tender an apology to the APC and Rivers people, re-list APC candidates in Rivers for the 2019 general elections.”

On how they hope to stop the elections from holding in Rivers State should INEC fail to bow to their threat, Odili said: “We do have faith in the judiciary, but when we get to the bridge, we will decide how to cross it.”