The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Imo State chapter has lashed out
at the state governor, Rochas Okorocha over the purported appointment of
his cronies into the state Judicial Service Commission in the twilight
of his administration.
The party described the action of the governor as a plot to frustrate the state’s governor-elect, Emeka Ihedioha.
In a statement on Tuesday by the Imo state Secretary of the party,
Ray Emeana, the PDP maintained that the appointment was designed by
Okorocha to make sure that Ihedioha did not start on a good footing on
May 29.
He added that the outgoing governor has also embarked on other last-minute secret appointments.
The statement read in part, “The hurried, belated and strange
appointments by the outgoing administration of Owelle Anayo Rochas
Okorocha designed to frustrate the incoming government of the
governor-elect, Emeka Ihedioha, has been brought to the notice of the
Imo State Chapter of the PDP.
“This latest attempt by the outgoing governor who has inflicted
untold hardship on Imo people to appoint his cronies as members of the
Imo State Judicial Service Commission, barely two months left in its
administration, is one case too many.
“The Imo State PDP hereby condemns this move as it is a political
tool, calculated to impugn on the independence and sanctity of the
judicial arm of government in Imo State.”
