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Rivers House of Assembly
Aspirants seeking ticket of the All Progressives Congress for the Rivers State House of Assembly who submitted appeals after their screening last weekend are waiting with bated breaths in the outcome of the appeal.
Meanwhile, the APC Assembly Screening Appeal Committee charged by Abdul Mahmud concluded it’s two-day sitting on Wednesday evening.
Mahmud, has promised that the committee will attend to all petitions until 5pm on Wednesday and commended the aspirants for their peaceful conduct.
The number of petitions so far received by the committee could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report.
As of Tuesday when the Panel chairman briefed the media he said 19 petitions were received, saying it will sit till 5pm on Friday to receive more from other aspirants.
When our correspondent visited the APC Secretariat along Aba Road at about 6pm Wednesday, the place was still slight busy but it was gathered that the committee has rounded off and left .
The State APC spokesman, Chibike Ikenga, who was seen driving out of the secretariat confirmed that the panel was done with their report, adding that they will disclose their findings in due course.
When contacted, one of the aspirants who submitted appeal, GOGO Isaiah said he appeared before the panel with the necessary documents requested.
“So I’m waiting for the panel to make their report public,” he stated.(The PUNCH)

























