Ararume, Izunaso and others reported storm out of meeting behind closed doors of stakeholders APC

The Punch reports that the closed-door meeting, which held at Concorde Hotel in Owerri, was still ongoing when the three party chieftains walked out midway. The report said the meeting held “amidst tumultuous atmosphere from party faithful who had accompanied their leaders” and that it lasted for about two hours and 30 minutes and presided over by the state chairman, Hillary Eke. 

The meeting, it was learnt, was allegedly boycotted by Governor Rochas Okorocha was reported to have insisted on a separate venue. The party’s publicity secretary in the state, Nwabueze Oguchienti, told journalists that at the meeting, issues of internal democracy, the proposed local government election in June, 2018, and the party primary elections later in 2018 were discussed. “The meeting reached resolutions on internal democracy, discipline, peace and unity of the party. We want to position our party ahead of party primary,” Oguchienti said. While Senators Izunaso, Araraume and Uwajiumogu did not speak about what transpired, the deputy governor of the state noted that it was the first SEC meeting of the party and that members are urged on massive mobilisation drive.

The report quoted the deputy chief of staff to the governor, Kingsley Uju, as saying Okorocha was out of the country adding that those who stormed out did not mean well for the party. earlier report had it that a former lawmaker, Senator Olurunnimbe Mamora, allegedly rejected his appointment as the chairman of the Abuja Investment and Infrastructure Centre. Senator Mamora, who was the deputy director general of the Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation during the 2015 presidential election, was nominated for the position by the president. earlier report had it that a former governor of Adamawa state and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Murtala Nyako, reportedly warned that the party’s decision to extend the tenure of its National Executive Committees is detrimental to its future. Nyako warned that the party was destroying itself adding that the APC has lost the moral ground to speak on due process, rule of law, enforcement of democratic norms and culture. APC official tells why his party could be voted out in 2019.