By Valentine Amanze
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied receiving any court injunctions on its recent Congresses in Imo State.
The party was reacting to allegations by the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, that the National Chairman of APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, ‘‘disobeyed’’ court orders on the party Congresses in Imo State and inauguration of the state’s party executive.
The party through its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, stated that Okorocha’s allegations were spurious as the party did not at any time receive any court injunctions on the issue.
The party, however, warned the governor to desist from making allegations that were not factual.
It also explained that in conducting the Congresses across the country, in considering the outcomes of each one of them and in swearing in the respective state chairmen, the National Working Committee (NWC) had strictly followed the guiding rules and the constitution of the party.
Besides, the APC reminded Okorocha that there was always room for redress where justified.
“We encourage the Imo State governor to explore internal dispute resolution mechanisms spelt out by our Constitution to address his perceived grievances. While we urge compromise among party stakeholders, the party has already mandated the Deputy National Chairman (North), Sen. Lawali Shuaibu, to head our reconciliation efforts following issues that arose from recently conducted ward, local government and state Congresses,” it stated.
