JUST IN: Imo APC files contempt suit against Oshiomhole

The Imo State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress
has filed a contempt suit against the National Chairman of the
party, Adams Oshiomhole.

At a Press conference in Owerri, the Imo State capital on
Wednesday, the APC chairman in the state, Daniel Nwafor, said the
contempt suit was filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja.

Nwafor, who accused Oshiomhole of “working against the success
of the party,” urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “watch the
national chairman closely.”

He said that the contempt suit was filed in order to checkmate
the “undemocratic and illegal activities” of the former governor of
Edo State.

Nwafor said that Oshiomhole had no power, morally or legally, to
“arbitrarily dissolve ” duly elected APC executive in Imo State,
after which a caretaker committee was appointed.

He said that the action was contemptuous in the sense that there
was an existing court judgment which barred Oshiomhole from doing
so.

Nwafor said, “We have filed a contempt suit against Mr. Adams
Oshiomhole. It is at the Federal High Court, Abuja.”

“In the days to come, we will publish it in the national
newspapers for the world to read.

“We have said that President Muhammadu Buhari should watch Mr.
Adams Oshiomhole closely.

“The National Chairman had no powers to arbitrarily dissolve a
duly elected APC executive in Imo State and to appoint a purported
caretaker committee.”

Nwafor also informed that the APC in the state under his
leadership had suspended the “Purported caretaker committee”
chairman, Marcellinus Nlemigbo and the members of his
committee.

He alleged that Nlemigbo had “engaged in anti-party activities”
and had not attended APC meeting in his Ezinihitte Ward in Mbaitoli
Local Government Area in the last one year.

Describing the caretaker committee chairman and his members as
“impostors,” Nwafor said that he would not be distracted, noting
that the suspension was “indefinite.”

Nwafor said that despite the crisis in the party, APC would win
in the state.

According to him, the caretaker committee has no powers to
summon the state governor, Rochas Okorocha and five others to
appear before a “purported disciplinary committee.”

He said that he remains the only person in the state who has the
powers to set up a disciplinary committee and to ask anyone to
appear before it.