Okorocha can only be suspended at ward level, Imo APC replies Oshiomhole

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.