No court barred us from Rivers guber poll, Accord chairman insists

While briefing journalists on Thursday in Abuja, Nalado noted that the propaganda that Accord will not participate was only being peddled by some political opponents who are afraid of losing power to his party, emphasising that its candidate stands tall above every other contestants in the governorship election.

Nalado described the rumour as total falsehood, even as he assured the party supporters that the Accord is still strongly in the contest, haven mobilised voters across the state to vote for the candidates of the party in the election.

According to the party chairman, though the High Court in Rivers State has passed a judgement that the party’s governorship candidate in the state for the Saturday governorship race, Dumo Lulu-Briggs, is not the rightful candidate, the party has appealed the judgement already.

He said that Accord submitted the credentials of Dumo Lulu-Briggs to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as its candidate for the Rivers governorship election, following the voluntary stepping down of the original winner of the party primaries.

Nalado further pointed out that the party is still with Dumo Lulu-Briggs as its candidate, just as he insisted that the party’s former chairman in Rivers State, Precious Baridoo, did not at any point indicate interest to the party that he intends to contest the governorship election.

He emphasised that Accord is still very much in the race for the Rivers governorship, asking the voters to come out and vote for the party and its candidates in the elections. He said it is the time for Rivers State to move forward, noting that no other candidate can move the state forward socially and economically other than Dumo Lulu-Briggs.