Rochas Okorocha |
Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has insisted that he remains a
member of the All Progressive Congress (APC), contrary to claims by the
factional chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Imo State,
Marcelinus Nlemigbo, that he has been suspended from the party.
Okorocha denied the suspension controversy in a statement he issued through his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo,
The Governor also maintained that there is no faction of the APC in Imo State.
According to him, “There is only one APC in the State with Hon.
Daniel Nwafor as the Chairman and Owelle Rochas Okorocha as the leader.
Any other group claiming to be a faction of Imo APC must obviously be a
gang of 419ers or league of fraudsters who are experts in issuance of
dud cheques and collecting billions for jobs not done.
“The only contentious issue in Imo APC is that the National Chairman
of the Party, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, imposed a known PDP member and a
known character in the state on the party as its governorship candidate,
and by so doing pushing the party and its members to a very tight
corner especially when it comes to the issue of marketing a candidate.
“If Mr. Oshiomhole didn’t want the preferred candidate of members of
the party in the state, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu, for any reason, and if he
actually meant well for Imo APC, he would have taken one of the guber
aspirants that formed the coalition who are known members of the party,
and who is also from Owerri zone, since that was the reason some of them
in the coalition claimed that made them to leave the government. ”
Further to buttress his claim, Governor Okorocha said “but the APC
National Chairman preferred a PDP man and also from Orlu zone. And he
imposed the Candidate on the party and at a time the man was facing
charges on corruption. That is the problem with Imo APC and its guber
candidate.
“Aside this problem, Oshiomhole also told his audience that he has
dissolved the EXCOs of the Party from the State to the wards in total
disregard of a ruling by Hon. Justice O.A. Musa of the High Court of the
Federal Capital Territory Bwari Abuja, delivered on August 14, 2018
inSuit No: FCT/HC/BW/CV/103/2018.
“In the ruling, Justice Musa stated; “An order of perpetual
injunction is hereby made restraining the 1st and 2nd Defendants either
by themselves, the National Working Committee, or National Executive
Committee from either removing, substituting, replacing, suspending or
interfering with the tenure of the 3rd Defendant/Claimant, his Executive
and all elected officers of the 1st Defendant contained in exhibits
A,B,C and D from their elected offices”.
“And to the best of our knowledge, Justice Musa’s ruling has neither
been appealed against nor quashed. In other words, Mr. Oshiomhole
decided to urinate on the High Court ruling when he said he has
dissolved the Daniel Nwafor EXCO and has set up the M.O. Nlemigbo
Caretaker Committee. One therefore does not need to be a SAN to know
that the National Chairman’s action was null, void and of no effect. It
was effort in futility and that is why a contempt charge has been filed
against him.
“We are worried that the elections are around the corner and some
people who are expected to know better, are behaving as if they have
nothing at stake. Governor Okorocha and APC members in the State will
deliver President Muhammadu Buhari and other marketable Candidates of
the Party. And the party in the State shall outlive these yahoo folks,”
the statement added.
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