The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rivers State Chapter has dismissed as a
\nwhite lie the claim by the All Progressives Congress, APC, that about
\n100,000 non-indigenes resident in the state registered with it in the just
\nconcluded party membership registration.<\/p>\n
Arguing that such acclamation can only be proven with the release of
\ndetails of the membership registration showing names and pictures for
\npublic scrutiny and confirmation, the PDP posited that the APC is not only
\nfalsifying figures of the non-indigene members of the party but also those
\nof the indigenes, stressing that the entire claim is anchored of
\nprecarious feet of falsehood and deceit.<\/p>\n
According to the party, the Association of Non-indigenes in the State had
\nalready denied having anything to do with the APC through a public
\nstatement by its President, Mr Charles Obazei and his Vice, Dr (Mrs)
\nEkeaete Ekpo while reacting to a similar claim by the APC in the Nation
\nNewspaper of February 14, 2014 and wondered where else the 100,000
\nnon-indigenes the APC is claiming came from.<\/p>\n
The PDP believes that the figures averred to be the outcome of the
\nexercise are fictitious and unrealizable, adding that at the appropriate
\ntime, the people will know the true state and strength of the party, since
\nthe APC has chosen not to admit to the public its limitations and
\nfailures, that prompted the extension of the registration exercise thrice,
\nparticularly, in Rivers State, against the directive of the party\u2019s
\nnational Secretariat.<\/p>\n
To the PDP, to make up for these fake 100,000 non indigenes was the basis
\nfor the extension of the exercise by the State APC, and which has been
\nuncovered, adding that the action provided them the opportunity to
\nfabricate figures.<\/p>\n
The PDP therefore, calls on the leadership of the APC to stop deceiving
\nthe public with cooked-up and imaginary figures and to put its house
\ntogether and work towards winning public confidence and acceptance as the
\nopposition Party is at the moment faced with issues of rejection,
\ninfidelity and questionable formation and leadership status, as well as
\nthe one of religion and ethnic party it represents.<\/p>\n
The Party also reiterates the fact that Rivers remains a PDP State and
\nthat no amount of false claim and falsification of members by the APC will
\nguarantee its relevance in the State.<\/p>\n
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