The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has elected Chief Tony Okocha as its new chairman.
This was simply as the brand new opposition social gathering chairman declared that the social gathering would take over the seat of energy within the state come 2027.
Okocha, the hitherto Caretaker Committee Chairman of the social gathering within the state, was elected unopposed alongside different executives in the course of the social gathering’s state delegate congress held in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on Saturday.
The delegate congress which was performed via voice vote was presided over by Dr Adoye Omalez, who represented the social gathering’s nationwide chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje.
Talking after the train, the APC Nationwide Vice Chairman, South-South, Chief Victor Giadom, recommended the social gathering delegates for the peaceable method they performed themselves in the course of the state delegate congress.
Giadom said that the peaceable conduct of the state delegate congress demonstrated the truth that APC in Rivers state is one united and indivisible social gathering, at the same time as he known as social gathering members to help the brand new govt of the social gathering with a purpose to transfer the social gathering ahead.
In his acceptance speech, the newly elected Rivers State APC Chairman, Chief Tony Okocha, stated that his election has gone a protracted solution to show all those that stated the APC isn’t united and can’t conduct a peaceable election mistaken.
He lauded President Bola Tinubu for his quite a few achievements in workplace to date, particularly the resumption of manufacturing of petroleum merchandise on the Port Harcourt Refinery, mentioning that the social gathering will do extra to pave the best way to win all of the elections in Rivers State.
“If you realize me very properly, I’m an emotional individual. Our pleasure is that our members got here on their very own volition. No one cajoled anyone to come back, no person bamboozled anyone to come back right here for the state main election.
“They got here to indicate their love for the All Progressives Congress. I prefer to reassure you I’m certain you might be seeing the indices and the variables already.
“Those that stated APC can not conduct elections lied. APC will conduct and win elections and be answerable for authorities in Rivers State. Our enterprise with you supporting us is to make sure that we route out a rudderless authorities in Rivers State.
“By the yr 2027 God protecting us alive, we may have an election in Rivers State and our goal with you is to assist us in order that APC takes the reign of governance in Rivers State”, Okocha said.
Okocha added that with the mandate given to him and different elected govt officers, the social gathering is ready to seize the state in 2027.
“From Meeting, native authorities areas, Nationwide Meeting, governorship election APC will win in Rivers state and in addition make sure that we return the hero of our time, President Bola Tinubu. Let me once more use this chance to say to Nigerians that we’re on trigger. The APC is on trigger in Nigeria I’m certain you’ve gotten watched or you’ve gotten heard what occurred on the Port Harcourt Refinery some days in the past? That is the tip of the iceberg that you’ll start to see.
“Now we have instructed you a lot instances that Rome was not in-built a day. That the day you plant a seed isn’t the day you’ll harvest it. So in lower than two years now we have began up and working. The President has additionally directed that the Kaduna and Warri refineries must be on the identical pace because the Port Harcourt Refinery. So after we can obtain this I’m certain the issues of Nigeria will probably be half solved.
“So let me say it to all of us, notably my colleagues right here, it’s one household. I need to guarantee you of the appreciation of APC in Rivers State that we’ll provide you with the perfect for the curiosity of all of us. I need to thank the delegation from the Nationwide who’ve come right here and dutifully and profoundly led this course of to this proper.
“Let me on behalf of the social gathering thanks on your braveness, dexterity for the love you’ve gotten for the social gathering. For that reason, you’ve gotten left all that you’re doing to come back to Port Harcourt to superintendent this election to its logical conclusion. We might not have succeeded in concluding this course of if INEC had not come to preside over this election. In fact, it’s their duty to preside over social gathering main elections. The chief of the delegation is not any different individual than the chief of INEC within the state he got here right here himself.
Different elected positions in the course of the state delegates congress had been that of the Deputy Chairman of the social gathering, the State Secretary, the Publicity Secretary, the State Auditor, the State girls chief, the Youth chief, the authorized advisor and Zonal leaders of the social gathering within the three senatorial districts of the State.
Our correspondent studies that the state delegate congress was supervised by the state resident electoral Commissioner, Dr Joseph Alalibo.