In a statement signed by APC state financial secretary, Hon. Ebiakpo Ezebri and Chief Christopher Porbeni, representing APC leaders in Ijaw local government areas, the party said such allegation was not only misleading but baseless and malicious.
“It will shock you to know that these few persons raising this allegation are actually the one going about compiling names since February, but they turned around to accuse our state party leader, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor of compiling names.
“These people, since they came into the party, have refused to recognize the party structure at the ward and LGA level, so as far as we are concerned, they are being sponsored to cause crisis in the party.
“I can assure you that Olorogun Otega Emerhor at no time compiled names in the state; let alone in Ijaw land, these people are sponsored in the party to tarnish the name of our leader.
“Our leader, Emerhor and others across the state are busy working round the clock to ensure that we have peaceful free and fair congress, so APC faithful and leaders should disregard them.
“What evidence do they have that we are compiling names or have they been to the national headquarters and they were told that Congress is not holding in Delta, that it is the list that will be used, these are just troublemakers planted in the party to cause a crisis.
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“These people are just mischief makers; they are not ready to commit their time and resource to building the party, they have refused to identify fully with the party executives at the ward and LGA, so we are sure that their agenda in the party is to cause the crisis.
“We have tried to accommodate them, but it is clear that they have a different agenda, they don’t attend LGA meeting, so how can they get information about the activities of the party?
“They came into the party with a different agenda, their plan is to cause a crisis.
“The Ijaw leaders in APC have their first 11, which we are going to project in the Congress to ensure that the executive that will emerge is all-embracing, to solidify the unity that Emerhor has been preaching in the party,” the APC leaders enthused.
TribuneOnline had, on Wednesday, reported that four APC aspirants, including Barrister Demebide Pele had accused Emerhor of drawing new executive list for Ijaws, calling on APC leaders at the national level to call him to order as well as steer clear of Ijaw land.
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