Okey Kingsley Chinda, the embattled candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, who has faced turmoil in the Federal House of Representatives over evidence that he defected properly, has faced another threat to his candidature back home.
Following three favourable court judgments in Port Harcourt, the Emeka Beke-led faction of the APC has called on the National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC to make haste and cancel the primaries that threw up Chinda and all other APC candidates.
The primaries are already facing crisis following disqualification of many notable members of the APC and some others who just joined, including Ipalibo Harry Briggs, the immediate past deputy governor who is a sitting senator.
At a press briefing in Port Harcourt Monday, June 1, 2026, Darlington Nwauju, spokesman of the court-backed executive committee, recounted the three previous court rulings against the Tony Okocha-led group, and demanded that with the confirmation of the nullification of the Okocha-led executive committee by a Port Harcourt Appeal Court, it is time for the NWC to cancel all exercises carried out by the nullified faction including the primaries that brought Chinda in.
