Rivers LGA Elections: ‘’APC’s Decision to Boycott Regrettable’’- NDRO

The Niger Delta Renaissance Organisation says the decision of the All Peoples Congress APC to boycott the local government elections billed to hold in the state on Saturday 16^th June is regrettable.

The group in a statement made available to newsmen said the APC’s decision to boycott the election in the state is not to the good of the people of the state. The NDRO in the statement signed by its National Coordinator Comrade Nwokoma Messiah said the party through its conduct as the main opposition party in the state is showing itself to be a threat to democracy rather than a beacon of hope to the people. It lampooned the APC for not borrowing a leaf from opposition parties in other state who participated in LGA elections in their various states.

The organization while commending the other political parties that embraced the elections said the APC should not turn itself to lords in the state. “Opposition politics does not mean that one should always grandstand even in issues that are beneficial to the people of the state. Rivers state has suffered so much as a result of the absence of an elected government at the grassroots. The opportunity to realize that should not be threatened by the decision of the APC to boycott the elections based on reasons that have been overtaken by events.’’ The statement said.

The statement called on the people of the state to come out en-masse to participate in the forthcoming elections stating that their participation in the election will show that the people of the state are really hungry for a substantive elected government in the local government level of the state. We at the Niger Delta Renaissance Organisation NDRO will join hands with Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission RIVSIEC to sensitise the people of the state to participate in the election which we believe will be conducted properly based on the assurances of the RIVSIEC

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