APC Screening Committee Disqualifies Tein Jack-Rich From Senatorial Race In Rivers As Coalition Condemns Decision | Sahara Reporters

Tein Jack-Rich is a known party faithful and former APC Presidential aspirant with over a decade of support for the party’s ideals and candidates.

The conference of the All Progressive Congress (APC) support groups has strongly condemned the decision by the APC screening committee to disqualify a former presidential aspirant, Tein Jack-Rich, from the Rivers West Senatorial race ahead of the party primaries and 2027 general elections.

In a statement issued after an emergency review, the Conference described the disqualification as "unjust, divisive, and a threat to party unity."

“How can our party allow only one man who is not a member of our party to make decisions or dictate the direction of our party?” the group queried in the statement signed by Dr Bilal Galadima, National Coordinator and James Ogenyi, the General Secretary.

The conference alleged that in Rivers State, only loyalists of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, were cleared to contest for every position, while long-standing members who had supported the APC for years were sidelined.