You are free to leave APC - VON DG tells Governor Okorocha
-The DG of VON, Osita Okechukwu, alleges that Governor Okorocha has caused the APC more setbacks in the last four years in Imo and the southeast in general
- He says over 90% of the leadership and membership of the party in the southeast are against Okorocha and his style of governance
- Osita expresses confidence that even if the governor decides to leave the APC, the coalition is prepared to sustain the party in Imo
Osita Okechukwu, the director-general of the Voice of Nigeria (VON) and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised Governor Rochas Okorocha to leave the party if he so desires.
Okechukwu, who spoke with newsmen at the APC national secretariat in Abuja on Monday, June 4, said that the APC would win the 2019 elections without Okorocha, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
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According to him, the actions and inactions of Okorocha have caused the APC more setbacks in the last four years in Imo and the south-east in general.
He said recent development that made the governor to lose at the party´s just concluded congresses was a grand plan to reposition APC toward winning elections in the southeast.
“At least there are more than 60 political parties now, Okorocha is free to join any one of his choice, though, we are not forcing him to leave.
"What we are saying is that we have taken the leadership out of his hands because he is playing God; so, what I am saying is that he is at liberty to leave APC.
"But let nobody anywhere think that the APC will lose because we have retrieved the party from him. Mr President is going to get more votes, we are going to win more parliamentary seats, more governorship seats without him,” he said.
He noted that over 90% of the leadership and membership of the APC in the southeast were against Okorocha and his style of governance.
However, Toe Ekechi, convener of APC Restoration Coalition in Imo, said he would rather prefer that Okorocha remain in the party than leave.
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"Rochas Okorocha is the governor of Imo. I think there is joy in heaven when one‘s lost sheep is found.
“We will be most joyous to see our governor Rochas Owelle Okorocha come back to the fold and work with us as a family to ensure the success of APC in 2019.
"That is not taking away the fact that he has the right to make political decisions that suit him, but in terms of what we want, we wish that we work with him.
"I will not want it to degenerate to that extent, not necessarily in the interest of the party but in his own interest and I think he is a smart governor and won’t want to contemplate leaving APC" he said.
He expressed confidence that even if the governor decided to leave the party, the coalition was prepared to sustain the APC in Imo
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has dismissed the policeman arrested for accidentally shooting Opeyemi Bamidele and three others at the reception party of the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Kayode Fayemi, on June 1.
The Ekiti state commissioner of police, Bello Ahmed, who made this known on Monday, June 4, also said the officer would be made to face the wrath of the law as soon as possible.
The state police commissioner has also denied the rumour making rounds that there was an attempt to murder the governorship aspirant, Kayode Fayemi, during the rally.
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