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Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/you-have-sent-out-a-very-bad-signal-to-the-world-okorocha-replies-apc/

The governor of Imo State Chief Rochas Okorocha, has said that the Acting National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress, APC, Mallam Lanre Issa Onilu has sent out a very bad signal to the world.
Amosun, Okorocha and Yari
Okorocha reacting to Issa Onilu statement where he described some governors of the Party’s extraction as bad losers with regard to the Party’s Primaries said castigating governors who have made the party thick right from the outset was not the proper thing to do and that Onilu had sent out a very bad signal to the world.
Okorocha in a statement signed by Sam Onwuemeodo his Chief Press Secretary to the Governor ‘We have read in the media certain statements credited to the Acting National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress, APC, Mallam Lanre Issa Onilu, in which he described some governors of the Party’s extraction as bad losers with regard to the Party’s Primaries. He named Governor Okorocha as one of such bad losers, and never exercised caution in talking about the situations in the affected states.
‘As the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Mallam Onilu would have first and foremost appreciated the fact that both the National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and the governors are all partners in progress with regard to the fate of the Party. They are all major stakeholders who can at times disagree to agree. So, in handling issues concerning the National Chairman and the Governors, the Acting National Publicity Secretary would have struck a balance to avoid giving outsiders the impression that there is an on-going war between the Chairman and the Governors.
‘Again, castigating governors who have made the party thick right from the outset was not the proper thing to do. Someone else could do that but obviously not the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the party. Even one member is important to the party talk more sitting governors. By his approach, Mallam Onilu had sent out a very bad signal to the world.
On the issues he raised about Imo State especially concerning the governorship ticket of the Party, we only advice that he should endeavour to have the existing facts to avoid feeding the public with the wrong information, that may also cause problem in the State.
Meanwhile,
An Abuja High Court sitting at Bwari, on Tuesday, indefinitely adjourned hearing on dispute over who should be recognised as the authentic governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Imo State.

‘The National Chairman himself had cancelled all that emanated from the Ahmed Gulak led 12-member Committee and then set up another 7-member Committee led by Brigadier-General Ibrahim Agbagbiaka to Conduct the Party’s Primaries in Imo. The Committee Conducted a very transparent governorship primary that saw Uche Nwosu emerging as the winner.
‘The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Party led by Comrade Oshiomhole equally set up an Appeal Panel headed by the Former Governor of Edo State Professor Oserheimen Osunbor. Some of the aggrieved Guber Aspirants in the State came up with their petitions. At the end of the day, the Prof. Osunbor Appeal Panel affirmed that Uche Nwosu is the authentic governorship Candidate of the party, having convincingly won the primary.
‘Chief Hope Uzodinma went to Court over a primary he knew that never took place. The Court refused to grant him any order as requested but rather invited APC, INEC, etal, to come and explain why Uzodinma should not be granted the reliefs he had asked for.
‘However, Uche Nwosu had earlier been granted orders by the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory presided over by Hon. Justice V.A. Ashi restraining the Party, INEC and others, from accepting any other name as the governorship candidate of APC for Imo State except that of Uche Nwosu and also restrained them from substituting the name of Uche Nwosu. In other words, it is only Uche Nwosu who has valid Court Orders in favour of his Candidature, coupled with the report of the Prof. Osunbor Appeal Panel. But Chief Hope Uzodinma does not have any of these leverages.
‘So, in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of the APC, Uche Nwosu is the Governorship Candidate of APC for Imo State and for the 2019 election. It does not matter the sentiments that could be held by any other interested party. Truth must be told and held.
‘In the case of the National Assembly, the only worry by APC members in the State is the automatic tickets given to a Senator and three House of Representatives aspirants who claimed to have joined the party in Abuja few months ago. And these people given these automatic tickets know that they can never win election in Imo with the tickets of APC without the support of Governor Okorocha
IMO State Governor, Rochas Okorocha yesterday said that only his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, can win Imo 2019 governorship election in the state.
‘We are also aware of all the claims and Counter-claims in Abuja by some Abuja based Politicians from the State. We are yet to know how anybody can win election in Imo on the platform of APC without Okorocha’s support. We won’t go further here. The inscription on one vehicle in Owerri is “time will tell”.
‘So, the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the party should take up the issues we have raised here and prove us wrong. Then we take off from there. The National Chairman and the governors should be encouraged to work together in the overall interest of the Party, because by 2019 the issue will be election and APC victory and not who said what and who didn’t say what.’

They just released another press statement

PRESS STATEMENT

WE UNDERSTAND THE ANGER OF IMO APC MEMBERS

Earlier today, thousands of Imo APC members from Imo North Senatorial District, Ohaji-Egbema/Oguta/Oru-West, Ideato and Okigwe North Federal Constituencies emptied into Owerri, the Imo State capital to register their protestations against alleged attempts by some officers of the Party at the national level to substitute names of some candidates of the Party who were successful at the recently concluded primaries of the Party.

The leadership of the All Progressives Congress at all levels in Imo State, appreciate the concerns raised by these Party members and urge the Party members, especially, from the Constituencies in question to remain calm, law-abiding and loyal to the Party as the appropriate communication channels have been activated to ensure that their complaints are properly addressed.

We wish to reiterate that the winners of our Party's primary election in the National Assembly Constituencies in question are:

1. Imo North Senatorial District - Prof. Nnamdi Obiaraeri

2. Okigwe North Federal Constituency - Hon. Simeon Iwunze

3. Ohaji-Egbema/Oguta/Oru-West Federal Constituency - Hon. Kingsley Uju Chima

4. Ideato Federal Constituency - Dr. Pascal Obi

Let us assure our teeming members that we shall cooperate with the winners in any legitimate way possible to ensure that their mandate is not tampered with. We are also ready and committed as officials of the Party to ensure that the democratic integrity of our great Party is protected. Members of our great Party are therefore discouraged from taking laws into their hands as the law shall protect the diligent.

Signed,

Onwuasoanya FCC Jones
State Publicity Secretary
APC, Imo State
22nd October, 2018.

PRESS STATEMENT

UGWUMBA UCHE NWOSU'S GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATURE IS NOT IN ANY FORM OF CONTROVERSY

The Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has taken note of deliberate efforts being made by the usual suspects to create an impression of crisis within the Party by sponsoring fake news in some soft selling online mediums to suggest that there are controversies surrounding the governorship candidature of Ugwumba Uche Nwosu.

The Party wishes to reiterate that going by the only governorship primary election conducted in Imo State by the All Progressives Congress, the only governorship candidate elected by the Party is Ugwumba Uche Nwosu, the immediate past Chief of Staff to the Imo State Government. We are not aware of any protest being planned by some individuals in line with this, neither will there be attempts by the Party at any level to rob Party members in the State of their right to choose who will be their candidate.

Let us inform Party members, especially, and the general public, necessarily, that the candidature of Ugwumba Uche Nwosu is safe; legally, politically and morally. While we recognize and protect the rights of individuals to express their grievances through peaceful protests, we wish to state that if the protest is for the upholding of Ugwumba Uche Nwosu's candidature, it is not necessary, as we are sure that there is no force in this world that can tamper with the collective decision of the people. Party members can be assured that the Party leadership shall ensure that their mandate is protected.

Signed,

Onwuasoanya FCC Jones
State Publicity Secretary
APC, Imo State.

googlepikins:
We will go into war with you next year. Thief


You lied that your vision drives you crazy, but instead the beautiful Owerri that you inherited from Ohakim you destroyed them.

Since I was born Owerri have never been like this until you got angry and start destroying our roads.

God will punish you for blaming it on acid.

he said the truth... I believe his work in owerri can be described as the work of a crazy person

Did the use Google map

This is just like APC government when it's time to prosecute corrupt politicians....APC politicians are exempted as saints... Why can't you prosecute all or none

K

obongkaks:
The other stadiums are well maintained

The truth is that since we don't have a lucrative league maintaining it will always drain the pocket of the govt.. Even the one that is in the nation's capital is not faring well... Even if they can maintain it at the detriment of the tax payers money... Isn't there other more important projects that akwa Ibom people need?

Misplaced priorities.. White elephant projects that won't be maintained

What's the big deal in that.... Even me that used to wish strangers happy birthday on Facebook on daily basis... Mtcheeew

cassidy1996:
nothing but sugar hill

See them

Dey never disable im prick?

Who's shaking that table

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More photos

While some states in the South-East were observing the IPOB sit at home others and it also partly failed in some other states it was a different scenario in IMO state as the youth used it to march for Rochas' in law, his chief of staff and his anointed candidate for the gubernatorial election in 2019...the crowd was totally massive... It will also be recalled that few days ago the disabled association IMO state chapter protested against the current IMO state government

totit:
I don't want to see any IBOmuslims or Christians on this beautiful thread

Is it only on tribalism that you must survive?... In fact don't stop exposing your foolishness

Lol

Lol... Me I am waiting on our ancestors... This one pass me... What I am thinking is even more confusing than the picture

Story

Imo State under serious siege today. The special Citizens of IMO State otherwise known as disabled citizens today staged a total shut down of Owerri the Imo State Capital in a massive protest against the intolerable bad governance of the Rochas Okorocha administration.
The police personnel stationed there are breaking phones and cameras belonging to people seen to be recording the protest. They want to shut out the world from seeing the high handedness going on in Imo State.
I managed to get a few clip shots from people who escaped from the scene after much heated arguments and scuffles with the police personnel on ground.

For your mind you think you belong abi? Time will tell

NobodyKnows:
Those cattle that died nko?
Are those not lives?

What are you even doing here... Pls go and cry and do memorial service for all the beefs and fishes you have been eating all your life mtcheeeew

My own is who dey snap all these pictures from television since today ... Can't you people go and snap snap them there on the red carpet or better still wait for them to upload and then copy (as usual)

Lol.. That's life for you I know he had on many occasions successfully extorted hundreds of thousands of naira if not millions.. But what nailed him to his cross was a paltry sum of 5k...but hope we have not unleashed an armed robber to the world

When will our fire brigade approach in this country end... (both the leaders and the citizenry aren't left out) if you see the massive crowd in Inec office in owerri yesterday, it was like apc/pdp national convention... At the same time the governor that has been on sit for more than seven years now wants to do all the roads with few months to go thereby causing untold hardship on every road while trying to perform mission impossible

OkaNaUbe:


Suing because you are a lawmaker. Do you know how many Nigerians die everyday on road accidents due to bad road?

Lazy Nigerians will say Buhari is working when he hasn't started, and completed any project in 4yrs of RULE.

We need new breed of good, patriotic and selfless leaders in Nigeria. All these PDP/APC and co has failed us.

She can't speak for everyone... She's standing up for what she believes in...

I understand

capatainrambo:
state govt should erect laws.
these poaching gat stop nor

meat kii you there

Do you even know what poaching is?....