The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has elected Chief Tony Okocha as its new chairman.
This was just as the new opposition party chairman declared that the party would take over the seat of power in the state come 2027.
Okocha, the hitherto Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party in the state, was elected unopposed alongside other executives during the party’s state delegate congress held in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on Saturday.
The delegate congress which was conducted through voice vote was presided over by Dr Adoye Omalez, who represented the party’s national chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje.
Speaking after the exercise, the APC National Vice Chairman, South-South, Chief Victor Giadom, commended the party delegates for the peaceful manner they conducted themselves during the state delegate congress.
Giadom stated that the peaceful conduct of the state delegate congress demonstrated the fact that APC in Rivers state is one united and indivisible party, even as he called party members to support the new executive of the party in order to move the party forward.
In his acceptance speech, the newly elected Rivers State APC Chairman, Chief Tony Okocha, said that his election has gone a long way to prove all those who said the APC is not united and cannot conduct a peaceful election wrong.
