APP Hit by Leadership Crisis Amid Controversy Over Fubara’s Men Membership

Oct. 4, 2024 - Politics Nigeria

This development comes as Hart Badom, Destiny Omereji, and four others seek to reinstate Badom as the legitimate State Chairman of APP, while calling for Wokekoro’s removal. The APP has been embroiled in a leadership crisis, with Badom and his supporters challenging Wokekoro’s legitimacy as the party’s chairman.

The crisis deepened when Wokekoro submitted the names of the 23 chairmanship candidates to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) for the October 5 local government elections. They are also questioning the legitimacy of the 23 chairmanship candidates, specifically when they became members of the APP in the state.

Many of the APP’s chairmanship candidates are former members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who switched allegiance amid internal disputes within the PDP...