The Guardian in a survey discovered that Two camps, the Chibuike Amaechi and Magnus Abe’s factions expressed opposing views on the exercise.
Acting Caretaker Committee Chairman loyal to Abe, Golden Ben-Chioma, told The Guardian that no membership registration would take place in Rivers because, according to him, there is a standing court order restraining the party (APC) from going on with the exercise.
Ben-Chioma said: “Court order, which we obtained, restrained the party from carrying out any revalidation till February 20, 2021. So based on this, there will be no registration in Rivers State, if anyone tries it, it will be an attempt in futility, the other camp don’t know what is happening, they are just following like sheep.”
Another Abe loyalist, Emmanuel Deeyah, also dismissed the exercise on the claim that it was in contravention of a persisting court order.
He added some persons had obtained a court order to stop the exercise.
But an Amaechi loyalist, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze, while supporting the exercise disclosed that documents for the exercise had been moved to the state.
He added that 23 local government areas of the state had received materials for the registration.
Eze said: “Everything is set, some of our people have already paid for those who cannot pay for the passport, the registration should have started by February 2, 2021; but it was shifted to February 9, 2021.
“Anyone talking about court order is not saying the reality because we got a court order in Abuja to proceed with the registration exercise before the one they got in Port-Harcourt, so we have no reason not to hold the registration.”
(Guardian)
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