Port Harcourt, Rivers state – A founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers, Tony Okocha, has said the court judgement that sacked his committee is a plot to “hijack the party” in the state.
Okocha stated that the ‘inflicted crisis’ in the Rivers state chapter of the APC is another factor that can frustrate President Tinubuâs re-election in the 2027 poll.
As reported by The Nation on Friday, August 16, the APC caretaker committee chairman in the oil-rich state noted that courts lack jurisdiction over political parties’ internal affairs, hence, they cannot handle matters such as picking a party’s chairman.
Addressing reporters in Abuja, Okocha maintained that both Emeka Beke (the allegedly reinstated APC chairman in Rivers state) and one Barrister Iheanyichukwu Dike have long been suspended from the state working committee (SWC) on allegations of engaging in anti-party activities.
Okocha explained:
Earlier, TimesNow.com.ng reported that the APC dismissed reports that there is a plot to replace Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as the partyâs national chairman.
This response follows reports suggesting that President Tinubu planned to appoint Ganduje, the former governor of Kano state, as an ambassador, ostensibly to facilitate his removal as national chairman. However, after the partyâs national working committee (NWC) meeting in Abuja, the partyâs deputy national secretary, Barrister Fetus Fuanter, clarified that there is no plot to oust Ganduje.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
