Governor of Imo State, Rochas Anayo Owelle Okorocha has reacted to his suspension on Friday by the National Working Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
Okorocha, who recently clinched a
senatorial seat under the party, was suspended alongside the Governor of
Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun.
Reacting to the Development,
Okorocha attacked the national chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomole in
a statement released via his spokesperson, Sam Onwuemodo.
The statement read;
“In
2019, Oshiomhole felt that such a man should be treated with disdain.
He handed over the governorship ticket of the party to Hope Uzodinma who
has never resigned his membership of the PDP on the floor of the Senate
like others did, giving all kinds of flimsy excuses.
“And if
Oshiomhole had meant well for APC and Imo people in particular, would he
have given the ticket of the party to a man facing five corruption
charges and having travel ban slammed on him, to be the party’s
candidate?
“In February 23, 2019, presidential and National
Assembly election, Governor Okorocha won in ten, out of the twelve local
governments in Orlu zone to emerge winner for Imo West senatorial
district. He also delivered four House of Representatives candidates on
the platforms of APC and AA respectively, with one Senate seat and two
House of Representatives seats outstanding.
“And when the APC
members across the nation are still celebrating the success of the party
in the presidential and National Assembly elections, Oshiomhole in his
wisdom or lack of it, felt that the best action in the circumstance is
to suspend two governors who did well in the election, even when he
played safe in 2015 and 2019 in Edo State without any known pressure.
“Again,
Oshiomhole coming up with the purported expulsion this time was only
acting out of the fear that God in his infinite mercy could give
Governor Okorocha a role to play in the Senate, in the overall interest
of the nation.
“Men like him hardly sleep with their two eyes
closed. They always sleep with their eyes open because they have
murdered sleep with their actions and inactions. And unfortunately for
him, the purported expulsion can’t stand because the law has taken care
of it even long before now,” Okorocha said.
Source:- Politicsngr
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