The Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has said it had no governorship candidate in the March 9, 2019 gubernatorial election, maintaining that the state APC governorship candidate, Senator Hope Uzodinma, was not known to the party.
The party’s chairman in the state, Daniel Nwafor, who stated this in a press conference in Owerri on Saturday, said the party’s record showed that Uzodinma was not a registered member of the APC in his ward in the Oru East Local Government Area of the state.
Nwafor also said the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole disregarded the rule of law in the suspension of the governor of Imo, Rochas Okorocha.
It could be recalled that the National Working Committee of APC, on Friday, suspended Governor Okorocha and the governor of Ogun state, Ibikunle Amosun, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Uguru, and the Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu, for alleged anti-party activities.
According to Nwafor, the party’s state chapter would not honour the ‘purported suspension’ of Okorocha from the APC, adding that the former governor of Edo State had outlived his usefulness in the party.
He said, “I was 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 penchant for disobeying valid court judgments and orders.
“We demand his immediate resignation from the APC. Adams Oshiomhole has outlived his usefulness in the 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 the APC in Imo State.”
