The Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has withdrawn from the forthcoming local government election in the state.
The election is scheduled for September 28, 2024, and would be the first time in 11 years after the then-governor, Peter Obi, conducted it in the twilight of his administration.
The party said it did not only withdraw but has also dragged Governor Chukwuma Soludo and the Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission, ANSIEC and House of Assembly to court.
The state chairman of the party, Basil Ejidike, who addressed local government and ward party chairmen in Awka, said participating in the election would amount to legalising illegality.
Ejidike said the APC under his leadership would not be involved in the election because ANSIEC and the state governor, Chukwuma Soludo, are not ready to conduct the exercise in a free, fair and credible manner.
