The Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Tuesday got here laborious on a former Director Common of the Voice of Nigeria, VON, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, accusing him of penchant to haul insults and baseless allegations towards leaders of the social gathering within the South-East geopolitical zone of the nation.
The social gathering decried what it known as the latest assault on the chief of APC within the South East and governor of Imo State, Sen Hope Uzodimma by Okechukwu whereby the previous VON DG on the governor to resign because the Chairman of Progressive Governors’ Discussion board.
In an announcement by the State Government Chapter of APC Enugu State and signed by Chief Mike Ezeanyanwu, the publicity Secretary of APC and made accessible to journalists in Enugu, the social gathering described Okechukwu as an attention-seeking political jobber and a product of media creation, who lacked relevance and contact along with his political base in Udi native authorities space of the state.
The social gathering recalled that, “Okechukwu and his co-travelers from Enugu State have been suspended by the state chapter of the social gathering for working towards the presidential, Nationwide Meeting and governorship candidates of the social gathering in Enugu State throughout the 2023 common elections.
“Okechukwu ought to cease parading himself as a founding father of APC, as a result of he isn’t one. He’s a recognized jobless character who used gossip, propaganda and media hype to ingratiate himself to the previous President Muhammadu Buhari.
“Having discovered himself within the political wilderness, Okechukwu is now falling again to his outdated well-known antics, considering he may discuss himself into relevance within the present administration.
“Sadly for him, many discerning politicians even inside the internal core of former President Buhari’s administration know him too properly as an empty barrel and echo chamber.
“Having been let off the hook by the intervention of some extremely positioned individuals within the former administration after his investigation by the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC), one would have anticipated Okechukwu to stay contrite and sober and humble.
“However he has remained a nuisance and an unlucky although comedian creation of the media , even whereas being quarantined in Abuja as he has by no means been to Enugu state up to now 5 years”.
The Enugu APC mentioned Okechukwu has been employed by disgruntled politicians inside and outdoors the Southeast to wage marketing campaign of calumny towards Gov Uzodimma who has been the pillar of APC within the Southeast.
The social gathering mentioned, “We urge the general public and teeming members of our social gathering to disregard these disgruntled parts. They’re on a failed mission to denigrate and diminish our chief by persevering with to make baseless insinuations and bandying the title of Sen Hope Uzodimma, a frontrunner within the zone who has been making quite a lot of sacrifices to reposition APC within the area.
“In Enugu state as an example, His Excellency Sen Hope Uzodimma has been our pillar of help, guaranteeing that we now have useful and befitting state and zonal workplaces amongst quite a few monetary help to assist our consolidation”.
The social gathering cautioned Okechukwu and his sponsors to desist from the ceaseless insults and mindless dragging of Gov Uzodimma’s title at any given alternative.
The social gathering mentioned that the APC was at the moment on the trail of progress within the area with stable political constructions being put in place underneath Uzodimma’s management, “as towards earlier Nicodemus political posturing by the likes of Okechukwu, who use the social gathering as a car to seize appointments in Abuja with out figuring out with the social gathering on the ward, LG or state stage however moderately be APC in Abuja and PDP in Enugu.”
