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Again, Okorocha Attacks Oshiomhole, Hints of Son-in-law’s Defection from APC

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7 years ago

November 28, 2018

Eric

The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, again on Tuesday criticised the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, over the way the party’s primaries were conducted in his state.

He said the former Edo State governor only succeeded in denting the party’s image with the injustice displayed during the primaries.

Okorocha spoke at a press conference he addressed at the Government House in Owerri, the state capital.

The governor also gave an indication that some aggrieved aspirants in the state chapter of the APC would be dumping the party in order to realise their political ambitions in 2019 on the platforms of other parties.

He described what happened in the state during the APC primaries as a robbery.

He accused Oshiomhole of masterminding what he called injustice against those who he claimed won the primaries.

The governor said, “In the past, the APC was known for uprightness, fairness and justice, but Oshiomhole has dented the image of the party going by what happened during the Imo APC primaries.

“What happened in Imo State was a clear case of injustice. People who never contested primaries were given tickets by Oshiomhole.

“I want to say that I am still in the APC and my support for President Muhammadu Buhari is very unshaken .I want to say that President Buhari is not in support of the actions of Oshiomhole.

“For the very first time, these aspirants who Oshiomhole meted injustice to are disobeying me and I do not have the moral right to stop them.

“They may be leaving the APC for another party but that party must not have a presidential candidate. The party must have alliance with the APC to deliver Buhari in Imo State.

“What happened in the Imo APC was the worst imposition ever experienced in the history of politics in Nigeria.”

Okorocha said his preferred choice for the governorship race, Uche Nwosu, remained the best option for the state at this time.

He added, “In voting for the next governor of Imo State, you must check the person’s track record and love for humanity. Uche Nwosu remains the best and he is my governorship candidate.

“Uche Nwosu has the capacity and ability to sustain the things we have done. He is credible, well educated and understands that governance is purely service to humanity.”

Okorocha said he had warned aggrieved aspirants who were leaving the APC that they must support Buhari’s re-election.

The governor said that it would be bad news for the Igbo political movement should Peter Obi, who is the running mate of the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, emerge the next Vice-President of the country.

Okorocha said, “I am not against Peter Obi but I think that the Igbo deserve better position than the Vice-President. We deserve to be President.

“Nigerians feel they owe Ndigbo and giving vice- presidential position will take away that sympathy. I am not against Peter Obi but I think Igbo deserve President, not Vice-President.”

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Akpabio Relieves Natasha of Committee Chairmanship Position, Appoints Akwa Ibom Senator As Replacement

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3 days ago

July 10, 2025

Eric

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has replaced suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as the Chairman, Senate Committee on Diaspora/Non-Governmental Organisations.

In her place, Akpabio named Senator Bassey Aniekun Etim (Akwa Ibom -East).

The Senate President, who made the announcement on the floor in Abuja on Thursday, did not give any reasons.

The committee position had remained vacant since March when the Senate suspended the Kogi-Central Senatorial District lawmaker for six months for flouting the Senate’s rule on the seating arrangement and seat allocation.

The suspended lawmaker, at a point, chaired the Senate Committee on Local Content before Akpabio reassigned her to the Committee on Diaspora/NGO, shortly before she ran into trouble with the Senate over her conduct on seat allocation.

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Supreme Court Upholds Election of Monday Okpebholo As Edo Governor

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3 days ago

July 10, 2025

Eric

The Supreme Court has affirmed the 2024 governorship election victory of Governor Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC), dismissing the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Asuerinme Ighodalo.

In a unanimous decision by a five-member panel led by Justice Mohammed Garba, the apex court ruled that the appeal lacked merit. It upheld the earlier judgments of the Court of Appeal and the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which had both declared Okpebholo the validly elected governor.

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‘Overthrow’ Comment: Tinubu’ll Be Removed by Votes, Not Bullets, ADC Replies Presidency

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3 days ago

July 10, 2025

Eric

The African Democratic Congress (ADC), on Wednesday, said President Bola Tinubu will be removed through the ballot and not bullets.It dismissed insinuations that the coalition is interested in truncating democracy in Nigeria.

ADC’s Interim National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, accused Tinubu of laying the foundation for a clampdown on opposition leaders.

He made the remark in response to a tweet by Tinubu’s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, who alleged that the opposition was planning to overthrow the President.

Onanuga had said the coalition had ganged up to overthrow Tinubu’s administration.Rubbishing Onanuga’s comment, Abdullahi described his remark as reckless and unsubstantiated.

In a statement he signed, Abdullahi said Onanuga’s comment shows that Tinubu’s administration is out to intimidate and repress opposition political leaders in Nigeria.

He noted that ADC would explore Democratic means to ensure Tinubu’s removal from office and not by overthrowing him.

The statement read partly: “ADC condemned the tweet made by an aide of President Bola Tinubu, Onanuga, which alleges that the opposition is planning to overthrow the Tinubu government before 2027.

“If anything, it potentially lays the grounds for systematic clampdown on opposition leaders.

“The ADC is not interested in truncating democracy, we are solely committed to saving the nation from the irredeemable incompetence of this government. We are not soldiers, we are politicians.

“We don’t have bullets; we only have the ballots. When the time comes, we will only present our solutions and an alternative vision of the future to the Nigerian people and leave them to make their choice.”