Oshiomhole Does Not Have The Powers To Suspend Me – Governor Okorocha

Oshiomhole Does Not Have The Powers To Suspend Me – Governor Okorocha

The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has said that Adams
Oshiomhole, the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has no
powers to suspend him.

Recall that on Friday March1st, the National Working Committee of the
APC announced the suspension of Governor Okorocha and his Ogun state
counterpart, Ibikunle Amosun, for anti-party activities. Both governors
are supporting governorship candidates of different parties. 

In an interview with Channels TV last night, Okorocha said the party
National chairman, Adams Oshiomole, is working towards the destruction
of the party and that Oshiomole, does not have the power to suspend
him. 

“I just heard from media reports that I have been suspended from the
party (APC). I think Adams is seeking for relevance and attention. He
doesn’t have such powers to remove somebody without following due
process. 

I have also decided to sack him myself. If he thinks he can just
stand up and say he is suspending me from a party I founded without due
process, in the same manner I have also sacked him from the party.

I think Adams is the biggest player of anti-party in APC. The man has simply destroyed the party to a great extent.

The candidate that Oshiohmole imposed on the party in Imo State lost
his votes for the Presidential election and all the members of the
coalition in Imo State worked for PDP” he said

In a related development, Governor Okorocha, in a statement released
by his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, last night, said President
Buhari is not in support of Oshimhole’s action of suspending him. 

The statement read

“Adams Oshiomhole has done so many strange things with the party and
it would be wrong for anybody to think that President Buhari, known for
his penchant for decency, honesty and forthrightness would be on the
same page with the national chairman.

“The President was voted by Nigerians across the geo-political zones
because he has proved to be real and can be trusted. When he said he was
fighting corruption, you saw it happening. It cannot be the same thing
with someone who saw sold the tickets of the party to the highest
bidders.

“We have yet to see any Nigerian living that would have defeated
President Buhari in that election. He has earned the confidence and
trust of most Nigerians, and in states where he lost, you could see
traces of wanton manipulation and mutilation of election figures like in
the case of Imo.  In other words, the President has nothing to do with
Oshiomhole’s disdain for the right actions and the chairman’s penchant
for lawlessness and total disregard for the party’s constitution.”

Both Okorocha and Amosun have thrown their weights behind
governorship aspirations of candidates other than APC’s for the March
9th governorship election. While Amosun is campaigning for Abiodun
Akinlade of the Allied People’s Movement (APM), Okorocha is campaigning
for his son in-law, Uche Nwosu, of the Action Alliance.