The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
has removed Rochas Okorocha, Governor of Imo State, as the party’s
campaign council coordinator in the state.
This comes after the state chapter of the APC had already announced the suspension of the governor a few days ago.
However, the APC NWC confirmed the suspension on Sunday saying its
decision is based on Okorocha’s anti-party activities. Confirming the
suspension to Punch newspaper, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, the APC National
Publicity Secretary, noted that Okorocha could not be part of the
party’s strategic meetings since he had publicly worked against the
party’s interest.
Okorocha has vowed to work in the interest of the governorship
ambition of his in-law, Uche Nwosu, who is the candidate of the Action
Alliance (AA), against Hope Uzodinma of the APC.
Confirming the suspension, Issa-Onilu said: “the APC had directed
governors to take over the campaign of the party in the state. Where it
has no governor, it directed governorship candidate to take over. Since
Okorocha has displayed anti-party traits, you can’t expect him to be
part of our strategic meetings again.”
From Issa-Onilu’s remarks, it is expected that Uzodinma will now head the campaign council in Imo State.
