… Disowns ‘Fake’ APC Chairman

Action Congress of Nigeria (CAN) in Cross River state has accused the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the state of currently orchestrating falsehood by parading a fake chairman of the newly registered All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State.
The State Chairman of the ACN, Hilliard Eta said in an interview in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, that his party has got information regarding the impersonation by one Chief Wilfred Eko as the state chairman of the newly registered APC.
He said although, the national echelon of the APC has not commenced the process for setting up an interim leadership of the new party in the states of the federation, some persons who are still card carrying members of the PDP, who have not been known to have left the PDP and are acting its script are parading themselves as interim leaders of the APC in the state.
“A few days ago we got information that one Chief Wilfred Eko was parading himself as the interim chairman of the newly registered APC. I know Chief Eko by reputation, but I have never met him before. So he should stop parading himself as the chairman of that party,” he said.
Eta further stressed that, “we are aware that he is a card carrying member of the PDP. We are aware that he has not resigned his membership of that party. We are aware that the interim national leadership of the APC has never sat down to deliberate on who becomes the leader of the APC in any state of the country.’’
The ACN Chairman who further alleged that Chief Eko may be acting the script of the ruling party urged security operatives in the state to arrest and prosecute the “fake APC chairman’’ for alleged impersonation.