The\nnational leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday broke\nits silence on the fate of the embattled Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha\nwho was denied Certificate of Return by the Independent National Electoral\nCommission (INEC). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rochas\nOkorocha who has since been placed on indefinite suspension by the Comrade\nAdams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee won the senatorial election to\nrepresent Imo West senatorial district in the National Assembly but has been\ninvolved in the battle of wits to secure his Certificate of Return. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Findings\nrevealed that the Commission\u2019s action may not be unconnected with the startling\nrevelation of its Returning Officer for the Imo West senatorial election,\nProfessor Innocent Ibeawuchi, who alleged that he was forced to declare\nGovernor Rochas Okorocha the winner of the poll by the supporters of the All\nProgressives Congress candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking\nwith newsmen yesterday at an interactive session, the party spokesman declared\nthat having been suspended, Governor Okorocha ceased to be a member of the\nruling party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said: \u201cOn the refusal of INEC to issue Certificate of Return to\nGovernor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha, who was announced the winner of the Imo\nWest senatorial ticket, this party cannot take any action. Don\u2019t forget that he\nis on suspension and as far as this party is concerned, that situation remains\nbecause there is no way we can say that somebody is on suspension and still go\nahead to intervene in his case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn any\ncase, he has not even come up to inform the party of his problem because he has\nrealised that he is on suspension. Therefore, until it is vacated, the party\nwill now step in to intervene as a party member who has a problem to resolve.\u201d\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Onilu\nfurther dismissed insinuation that the open declaration for candidates of\nAfrican Action Congress in Rivers state by the Minister of Transportation,\nRotimi Amaechi amount to anti-party activities. He noted that the APC was\nprecluded from contesting elections in Rivers by pronouncements of the Court.\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\nsaid: \u201cOn whether what Rotimi Amaechi did in Rivers governorship election\namounted to anti-party activities, I will emphatically say no because if you\nliken it to the situation in Imo or Ogun states, it will be wrong. In Rivers\nState, APC does not have any candidate and as a party, Rivers State is very\nimportant to us. The state has been in the hands of pillagers for too long.\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf\nwe have the opportunity of working with a party willing to abide by our\nprinciples, then it is within our right to work with such a party to ensure we\nfree the people of Rivers State from the locust. In this case, he has not\nabandoned a particular candidate that belongs to the APC for a candidate of\nanother party. They are entirely different issues and in that case, there is no\nanti-party. Whatever Amaechi has done is completely normal and acceptable to\nthis party as far as working with other party is concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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