{"id":130542,"date":"2024-09-10T22:36:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T21:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/rivers-fubara-is-not-picking-our-candidates-for-lg-election-app"},"modified":"2024-09-10T23:44:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T22:44:19","slug":"rivers-fubara-is-not-picking-our-candidates-for-lg-election-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-fubara-is-not-picking-our-candidates-for-lg-election-app","title":{"rendered":"Rivers: Fubara is not picking our candidates for LG election \u2013 APP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Action Peoples Party, APP, in Rivers State has refuted allegations made by a Labour Party chieftain, Prince Favor Reuben, claiming that Governor Siminalayi Fubara is handpicking the party\u2019s candidates for the upcoming October 5 local government elections.<\/p>\n<p>Reuben, the South-South Vice Chairman of the Labour Party, made the accusation during a press briefing on Monday in Port Harcourt.<\/p>\n<p>However, in a statement issued on Tuesday, APP urged Reuben to focus on preparing for the elections instead of engaging in baseless accusations.<\/p>\n<p>The party\u2019s state chairman, Sunny Wokekoro, dismissed Reuben\u2019s claims as \u201cchildish\u201d and \u201cmisinformed\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cIn that statement, Reuben clearly showed a very deep lack of knowledge about how party administration is run. Ordinarily, one won\u2019t respond to the gibberish or give him the publicity he is looking for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe issue of political party administration regarding their congresses and primaries is contained in each party\u2019s constitution; every party has its modus operandi, and the Action Peoples Party is not exempted from that;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have done our primaries in accordance with the provisions of our party\u2019s constitution, and we have gone beyond that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReuben and his paymaster, rather than showing gross ignorance of how a political party operates, should go and prepare for the election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the purported meeting that was held in the government house, I want journalists to ask that unknown figure if he was in that meeting and if he identified any party official of the Action Peoples Party as to allege that Governor Fubara was handpicking candidates for our party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have said it severally that Governor Siminilayi Fubara is not a member of our party and, as such, cannot handpick candidates for the party.<\/p>\n<p>Wokekoro, stressed that Reuben has no locus standi to question the party\u2019s internal affairs.<\/p>\n<p>He assured that the APP remains focused and open to welcoming members from other political parties.<\/p>\n<p>The APP state Chairman expressed confidence in the party\u2019s ability to win in all local government areas in the upcoming election, adding that it is strictly adhering to the timetable set by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RESIEC), while accusing those following the directives of external influences of acting in ignorance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Action Peoples Party, APP, in Rivers State has refuted allegations made by a Labour Party chieftain, Prince Favor Reuben, claiming that Governor Siminalayi Fubara is handpicking the party\u2019s candidates for the upcoming October 5 local government elections. Reuben, the South-South Vice Chairman of the Labour Party, made the accusation during a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":130540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[8134,10074,254,421],"class_list":["post-130542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-app","tag-fubara","tag-nigeria","tag-rivers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rivers: Fubara is not picking our candidates for LG election \u2013 APP - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Action Peoples Party, APP, in Rivers State has refuted allegations made by a Labour Party chieftain, Prince Favor Re ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-fubara-is-not-picking-our-candidates-for-lg-election-app\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rivers: Fubara is not picking our candidates for LG election \u2013 APP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Action Peoples Party, APP, in Rivers State has refuted allegations made by a Labour Party chieftain, Prince Favor Re ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-fubara-is-not-picking-our-candidates-for-lg-election-app\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-10T21:36:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-10T22:44:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1725995628.948655.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"485\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-fubara-is-not-picking-our-candidates-for-lg-election-app#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-fubara-is-not-picking-our-candidates-for-lg-election-app\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Rivers: Fubara is not picking our candidates for LG election \u2013 APP\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-10T21:36:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-10T22:44:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-fubara-is-not-picking-our-candidates-for-lg-election-app\"},\"wordCount\":392,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-fubara-is-not-picking-our-candidates-for-lg-election-app#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1725995628.948655.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"APP\",\"Fubara\",\"Nigeria\",\"Rivers\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-fubara-is-not-picking-our-candidates-for-lg-election-app#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-fubara-is-not-picking-our-candidates-for-lg-election-app\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-fubara-is-not-picking-our-candidates-for-lg-election-app\",\"name\":\"Rivers: Fubara is not picking our candidates for LG election \u2013 APP - 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