The All Progressives Congress,
APC, has warned the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, against attacking the
leadership of the party.
The party also accused the
governor of forgery, while advising him to seek the path of caution and
reconciliation.
The ruling party warned that it
would no longer tolerate constant assault on the party either directly or
indirectly.
In a strongly worded statement
yesterday, the party through its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji
Abdullahi, said it was reacting to an advertorial in a national daily in which
the governor made some wild and libellous claims against the leadership of the
party.
“The sensible thing to do when
you find yourself in a ditch is to stop digging. We therefore, once again urge
Gov. Okorocha to tread the path of caution and reconciliation and to work with
the duly elected Party executives in the state for the good of the Party,” APC
told Okorocha.
“We shall, however, not tolerate
his constant assault on the Party, either directly or through proxies.
According to the party, in recent
weeks, “Okorocha, has made libellous attacks on our Party and its leaders a daily
occurrence. Hardly a day passes by without Gov. Okorocha verbally assaulting
our National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun and other Party leaders over
the recently concluded Congresses in Imo State.”
The statemet read thus, “Governor
Rochas Okorocha’s Libellous Attacks on our Party and its Leaders In recent
weeks, the Imo State Governor, H.E. Rochas Okorocha, has made libellous attacks
on our Party and its leaders a daily occurrence. Hardly a day passes by without
Governor Okorocha verbally assaulting our National Chairman, Chief John
Odigie-Oyegun and other Party leaders over the recently concluded Congresses in
Imo State.
“In an advertorial published in
the Daily Trust Newspaper of June 11, 2018 and titled in part: ‘Let The Truth
Speak For Itself’ which was signed by a known associate of Governor Okorocha,
one Hon. Ireagwu Obioma, who styles himself as ‘Acting Secretary, Imo APC’, a
number of false claims were made against the Party.
“The import of the allegations
was that the Party was aware of a court order preventing it from conducting the
Imo State Congress following receipt of a copy of the so-called court
injunction which directed it to maintain status quo.
“But nothing can be further from
the truth. Even the published documents in the advertorial do not support this
position and in fact gave a lie to the governor’s version of events, that the
Party was duly served and prevented from going ahead with the Congress in Imo
state.
“A cursory look at the published
court papers revealed that the Party was served the so-called court rulings on
May 18, 2018, while the Ward and Local Government Congresses which produced the
recently inaugurated Party executives from the state was held on May 5th and
14th, 2018 respectively, four days before the court ruling was issued. In fact,
we strongly believe that the court ruling being paraded as injunction does not
serve Governor Okorocha’s interest.
“At the time of the ruling a new
set of Party executives had been validly elected, consequently the court ruling
directing that the status quo is maintained, actually means that no one should
interfere with the newly elected APC party executives in the state.
“Also in the advertorial, a
so-called internal Party memo was published, which purportedly showed that we
were aware of the pendency of the legal issues involving the congresses in Imo
and Abia States. The published ‘memo’ by the agents of the Imo State Governor
is fake.
“No such memo was generated by
our Party. A casual look will reveal the inconsistency of the published
document. The memo, according to the published advertorial, was generated by
the Chief of Staff to the APC National Chairman, Edwin Ikhinmwin but was signed
by the Party’s Legal Adviser, Dr. Muiz Banire (SAN).
“It is impossible for such an
incoherent document to have emerged from our Party, or any sane organisation –
for one person to generate a memo and another person to sign it! Indeed Banire,
our Party’s Legal Adviser and the Chief of Staff, have denounced the document
as fake, stating clearly that they neither originated nor signed such memo.
“This is therefore, a clear case
of forgery borne out of desperation. We are currently seeking legal advice on
how to proceed with the matter to ensure that those culpable are identified and
duly punished. The sensible thing to do when you find yourself in a ditch is to
stop digging.
“We therefore, once again urge Governor
Okorocha to tread the path of caution and reconciliation and to work with the
duly elected Party executives in the state for the good of the Party. We shall
however not tolerate his constant assault on the Party, either directly or through
proxies. SIGNED: Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi National Publicity Secretary All
Progressives Congress (APC).”
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