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APC Picks New Dates For Imo State Congresses

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Governor Rochas Okorocha (File Photo)

Okorocha Gets His Will As Imo Set To Hold Fresh Congresses

The National Working Committee Of All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved a new dates for  a fresh  congresses to be conducted in Imo State.

Naija News learnt that this followed the nullification of the earlier congresses conducted by Chief John Odigie-Oyegun-led National Working Committee (NWC) that took away party structure from Governor Rochas Okorocha.

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The APC National Organising Secretary, Barr. Emma Ibediro who announced the schedule for the conduct of fresh congresses in Imo State, said ward congresses would hold on Friday, July 20; LGA congresses on Saturday, July 21 and state congress on Monday July 23, 2018.

Governor Rochas Okorocha, who was happy about the new development yesterday, said the coast is now clear for the state to have her own congresses, which could not take place last time.

The court had earlier ruled that there were no congresses in Imo and directed that the congresses should be conducted in line with the provisions of the party’s constitution and the electoral law.

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Meanwhile as earlier reported by Naija News, Governor Okorocha  who spoke through a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo also lashed back at Senator Victor Umeh, following the latter’s recent attack that “only God can impeach him” in his state.

Okorocha, who reacted through Onwuemeodo, said the Anambra-born senator “is still struggling to be acquainted with the duty of lawmaking at the National Assembly.”

He said rather than concentrate on his duty at the Upper chamber, Umeh chose to attack him in the media to get cheap popularity.

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He said: “Umeh has not been able to find his feet in the Senate since he was elected into the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly. He has been staggering, thinking about which leg to put forward first.

“And for this reason, he has not been getting the kind of media attention he was enjoying free of charge when he held sway as the National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA).

“Having been starved of publicity as a result of his abysmal outing in the senate, he felt the only way he could get the needed attention from the media was by attacking Governor Rochas Okorocha and unwarranted leveraging on the impeachment moves against the Deputy Governor of the state, Prince Eze Madumere, by the House of Assembly.”