Ahead of the Governorship and State House of Assembly elections slated for
Saturday 9th March, 2019, Minister of Transportation and leader of the All
Progressive Congress Party in Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi
Amaechi has said that the APC will throw its weight behind the candidate
of the African Action Congress (AAC), Engr. Awara Biokpomabo.
Amaechi made this disclosure in Eleme, Rivers State on Wednesday where he
addressed party supporters ahead of the Saturday’s elections.
Amaechi said, although the APC was still in Court over the non inclusion
of the APC’s flagg- bearer in the governorship election, it was pertinent
to adopt the candidate of AAC considering the closeness of the elections.
The AAC candidate Engr.Awara Biokpomabo hails from Kula community in the
Riverine area of the Kalabari Kingdom.
Amaechi said, “This morning, the leadership of the party met and agreed
that we’ll work with a party called African Action Congress, while we are
still in Court to reclaim our mandate. So, on Saturday, we will vote for
AAC. You must go home and vote for AAC. There should be no excuse not to
vote because there will be security for everybody. You must prepare and
make sure you win the governorship election”, he said.
Amaechi enjoined the people to vote for the candidate of the AAC as there
were numerous benefits they would derive from government.
“The moment you win the governorship election this Saturday and the
Governor is sworn-in in May, by June there will be Local Government
elections. So, you should all go out and vote and make sure that you are
not rigged out”, he said.