Rivers APC tasks INEC to immediately recognize Andrew Uchendu as directed by Tribunal

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has strongly condemned the continued stay of Senator George Thompson Sekibo in the Senate as the representative of Rivers East Senatorial District, two weeks after his election was upturned by the Election Tribunal. The party, therefore, tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to immediately recognize Senator Andrew Uchendu for the position.

In a statement signed by the State Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, and issued on Friday in Port Harcourt, the party said: “We were appalled to see Sekibo in the hallowed chambers of the Senate few days ago as beamed by a popular TV station. We were shocked, knowing very well that the Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal had asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the certificate of recognition issued to him.

“The Tribunal, in keeping with the wishes of the electorate, unequivocally directed that the authentic Senator, Andrew Uchendu, be recognised and issued with a certificate of recognition as the actual winner of the rerun election in Rivers East.

“The Rivers APC is pleading with INEC to, as a matter of urgency, issue the certificate of recognition to Senator Andrew Uchendu to enable him perform the duties for which he was overwhelmingly elected by the people of Rivers East Senatorial District.

“To sacked Rivers Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers who are wrongly castigating the judiciary for taking the bold step of restoring APC’s stolen mandate, Rivers APC reminded them that no amount of cajoling or intimation will reverse the mandate of the electorate to Andrew Uchendu to represent them in the Senate,” the statement read.