The Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Saturday
called on the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, to
tender his resignation letter for suspending the governors of Imo and
Ogun states.
At a press conference in Owerri, the APC chairman in the state,
Daniel Nwafor, said that the suspension of Governors Rochas Okorocha and
Ibikunle Amosun was null and void.
Nwafor said that since Oshiomhole emerged the national chairman of
the ruling party, he had been disregarding the constitution of the
ruling party. Saying that the state chapter of the APC would not honour the
“purported suspension” of Okorocha from APC, Nwafor said that the former
governor of Edo state had outlived his usefulness in APC.
Describing Oshiomhole as a man who had no respect for the rule of
law, Nwafor said that the APC national chairman was known for not
obeying court orders and judgments. According to Nwafor, the suspension of Okorocha did not follow due process. He said that according to the APC constitution, the suspension of any
member starts from the ward level and not from the National working
committee.
Nwafor said “I am here with the APC chairman from Ogboko ward where
the governor hails from. There was no letter from the NWC to him to
query the governor for any offence. The truth is that Oshiomhole is a
man who has no respect for rule of law. He has a penchant for disobeying
valid court judgments and orders. “We demand his immediate resignation from APC. Adams Oshiomhole has
outlived his usefulness in APC. As a party, we will not honour that
purported suspension. It is null and void and of no effect. Governor
Rochas Okorocha remains the leader of APC in Imo state.”
The state chairman said that APC in the state had no governorship
candidate, even as he maintained that the APC governorship candidate in
the state, Senator Hope Uzodinma, was not known by the party. He said that available records by the party showed that Uzodinma was
not a registered member of APC in his ward in Oru East Local Government
Area of the state.
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