The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, to stop levying spurious allegations against the national leadership of the party.
The embattled governor had alleged that the National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, ‘disobeyed’ court orders regarding congresses in Imo State and inauguration of the state’s party executives.
In a statement by it’s National Publicity Secretary Bolaji Abdullahi, the ruling party described Okorocha’s allegation as spurious, insisting that the party did not receive any court order stopping the congress.
“In reacting to recent allegations by the Imo State governor that Oyegun ‘disobeyed’ court orders regarding congresses in Imo State and inauguration of the state’s party executives, the APC wishes to state that these allegations are spurious as the party did not at any time receive any court injunctions regarding the congresses in Imo.”
“Therefore, we urge the Imo State governor to desist from making these kinds of allegations that have no basis in facts. In conducting the congresses across the country, in considering the outcomes of each one of them and in swearing in the respective state chairmen, the National Working Committee (NWC) had strictly followed the guiding rules and the constitution of the party,” the statement added.
The ruling party however advised the embattled governor to explore other mechanisms spelt out in the party’s constitution.
“There is always room for redress where justified, hence, we encourage the Imo State governor to explore internal dispute resolution mechanisms spelt out by our constitution to address his perceived grievances.
“While we urge compromise among party stakeholders, the party has already mandated the Deputy National Chairman (North), Senator Lawali Shuaibu to head our reconciliation efforts following issues that arose from recently conducted ward, local government and state congresses,” the statement read.