{"id":126998,"date":"2026-05-11T17:45:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=126998"},"modified":"2026-05-11T17:45:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:45:58","slug":"apc-primaries-fubaras-loyalists-lose-as-33-scale-screening-hurdle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/apc-primaries-fubaras-loyalists-lose-as-33-scale-screening-hurdle\/","title":{"rendered":"APC primaries: Fubara&#8217;s loyalists lose as 33 scale screening hurdle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Oscar Okhifo<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The All Progressives Congress (APC) screening committee has disqualified 56 aspirants in Rivers State, reportedly linked to Governor Siminalayi Fubara\u2019s political camp, while approving 33 others for its House of Assembly primaries.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The development has heightened political tension within the state chapter of the party, where internal alignments have remained volatile ahead of the forthcoming primaries.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A senior party insider described the screening process as strict and consequential, noting that many aspirants were caught off guard by the outcome.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe screening process was very strict. Many aspirants were surprised by the disqualification list,\u201d the source said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The APC has not officially disclosed the specific grounds for the mass disqualification.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0However, party insiders allege that the screening outcome may be linked to issues such as incomplete documentation and concerns over political alignment within competing factions.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the 33 cleared aspirants are expected to move forward to the next phase of the primaries under the supervision of the party leadership, as the screening exercise continues to reshape the contest in Rivers State.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Oscar Okhifo The All Progressives Congress (APC) screening committee has disqualified 56 aspirants in Rivers State, reportedly linked to Governor Siminalayi Fubara\u2019s political camp, while approving 33 others for&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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