The national chairman of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has taken a swipe at a
chieftain of the party in Abia, Chief Ikechi Emenike, over his alleged romance
with the Peoples Democratic Party-led administration.
Oshiomhole claimed that Emenike
was being sponsored by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu and the PDP to cause confusion
in the party, thereby weakening the chances of APC in the forthcoming 2019
general elections in the state.
Emenike had on several occasions
claimed to be the authentic gubernatorial candidate of APC in Abia, which the
national leadership of the party frowned at.
The APC national chairman, who
made this known, in his speech during the flag-off of the Abia APC Governorship
Campaign held in Umuahia, the state capital, vowed to resist what it termed as
evil machination of Emenike to sabotage the party leadership ahead of the March
governorship election in the state.
“I am Adams Oshomhole, I will
make sure Emenike did not see the light of the day in politics. No reasonable
APC member will complain the type of primaries we conducted in Abia state.
“We conducted direct primaries,
which Dr Uche Ogah won. And I assure all of you Uche Ogah is the next governor
of Abia state”.
Meanwhile, the Abia state chapter
of the All Progressives Congress(APC), has restated that the suspension of
Chief Ikechi Emenike, from the party, still stands.
The publicity secretary of APC in
the state, Comrade Benedict Godson, who made this known in an interview with
newsmen on Monday, frowned at the anti-party activities of the party chieftain
(Emenike).
But the media Aide to Ikechi
Emenike, Mr. Mike Ozoemena, in a chat with newsmen in Umuahia, dismissed the
purported suspension.
He said, “My principal remains a
high ranking member of APC both in Abia state and Nigeria as a whole.
“He has never, and will never
engage in any activity that may mar the chances of APC in the upcoming
governorship election in the state.
“So, he means well for the party.
Godson and co lacks power to suspend him.”
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