Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, on Sunday took
a swipe at the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief
John Odigie-Oyegun, and National Organising Secretary, Senator Osita Izunaso,
accusing the duo and other top hierarchy of the party of conspiracy and
engaging in fraudulent activities in the just concluded wards and local
government congresses.
Okorocha, who pointedly accused the APC chairman of
conniving with his political enemies in Imo State to derail him, promised to go
the whole hog in exposing the corruption in the APC under Oyegun.
The governor hinted that the decisions taken under
his watch as the Chairman of the Progressives Governors' Forum, where he
opposed the elongation of the APC National Working Committee (NWC), might have
irked Oyegun, leading to his attempt to frustrate and truncate his political
future using the ongoing congresses of the party.
He also lambasted the trio of Izunaso, Senator Hope
Uzodimma and Senator Ben Uwajumogu for their alleged nefarious activities in
dethroning him as the leader of the party in the state.
Speaking on efforts by the APC national chairman
and his political ‘enemies’ to manipulate the congresses, Okorocha said:
"I'm here to intimate you of the happenings in my state. Only yesterday, I
learnt of the party’s office gutted by fire. I think this is as a result of
agitation or what has been happening in the state as a result of the purported
congress which was meant to hold in the state last Saturday.
"I have informed the public that there was no
congress whatsoever in Imo State, rather, the materials for the congress were
missing and it was traced to the house of the APC National Organising
Secretary.
"We have informed the police and the security
agencies that the materials were missing in the house of the national
organising secretary and that have prompted a lot agitation."
The governor added that he personally went to Oyegun's
office and met with him, "and I did request from him the position and
terms of this our congresses whether they have been cancelled or not.
"He was not categorical with his statement as
to whether it was cancelled or not but said he was waiting for the appeal
members. Fortunately, while there, the secretary of the appeal panel came to
the national secretariat and she was interviewed where she said there was no
congress in Imo State, adding that there was even no material not to talk about
congress being held.
"She stated that those who submitted the
result sheet should tell the security agencies how they conducted the congress
and got the result sheet, only for us to hear today that no result is in the
party's office."
Okorocha accused the APC national chairman of
lying, adding that "this means the party lied that they have gotten the
result. Everything there looks funny, it looks like some kind of mischievous
connivance of people trying to make up things, cook up stories and tell people
that this is how I lie.
"I see the chairman as a man of integrity, and
he must be very careful not to allow this Imo State matter remove his integrity
in this country, because as he's aging, he should not to allow this to dent his
political image as history would not write well about him. For him to come out
publicly to tell the world that there was congress when there was no congress
and that he has received result sheet when they have not seen result sheet, that
is not good for our party."
He further accused the NWC of conducting the
congresses for themselves rather than ensuring the promotion of the party.
Okorocha alleged that as a result of the vested
interest of the NWC in the congresses, the whole process have been messed up.
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