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Friday, October 15th, 2004 HOME | Previous Page ANPP to contest bye-election in Imo By Ben Duru Correspondent, Owerri The National Chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Chief Don Etiebet, has urged the caretaker committee in Imo State to participate in the bye-election into the House of Representatives for Okigwe North constituency. The Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed October 23 for the bye-election to fill the position vacated by Maurice Ibekwe who died in detention while being tried for alleged involvement in advanced fee fraud by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has chosen Chief Mike Ohia as its candidate, while the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) chose Mr. Offoaro Godson. In a letter of September 23, Etiebet said there has been no change in the setting up of caretaker committees in some states and that progress reports should be forwarded to the national headquarters periodically. The letter added that: “The national caucus decision of September 8 nullifying the suspension of the Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Athahiru Bafarawa and the National Secretary, Alhaji Sani D. El-Katuzu did not affect the status of the six suspended state executives.” He urged the chairman to approach the bankers of the party to effect the changes in signatories to the party’s account and that “you are also to prepare and participate in the bye election into the House of Representatives as scheduled by INEC.” Speaking in Owerri, the Caretaker Committee Chairman, Chief Vitalis Ajumbe, said the party has begun the screening of interested contestants for the position. He described as untrue the cancellation of the caretaker committee by a letter written to the former Chairman, Dr. Edmund Onyebuchi, and signed by the party’s legal adviser, saying if that was true, he ought to be copied and there ought not be any ambiguity in the party’s address. Ajumbe said that the party would soon make the name of the party’s flag bearer for the bye election known and that he was more interested in ensuring that the party gave its ticket to those that are deserving and true members.     Copyright� 2004. All Rights Reserved. Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.independentng.com e-mail: [email protected] Designed By Powered By DNet.

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