Governors’ Forum: APC knocks Okechukwu over call for Uzodimma’s resignation

“Okechukwu should stop parading himself as a founder of APC,
because he is not one. He is a known jobless character who used gossip,
propaganda and media hype to ingratiate himself to the former President
Muhammadu Buhari.

“Having found himself in the political wilderness, Okechukwu
is now falling back to his old well known antics, thinking he could talk
himself into relevance in the current administration.

“Unfortunately for him, many discerning politicians even
within the inner core of former President Buhari’s administration know him too
well as an empty barrel and echo chamber.

“Having been let off the hook through the intervention of
some highly placed persons in the former administration after his investigation
by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), one would have expected
Okechukwu to remain contrite and sober and humble.

“But he has remained a nuisance and an unfortunate though
comic creation of the media , even while being quarantined in Abuja as he has
never been to Enugu state in the past five years”.

The Enugu APC said Okechukwu has been hired by disgruntled
politicians within and outside the Southeast to wage campaign of calumny
against Gov Uzodimma who has been the pillar of APC in the Southeast.

The party said, “We urge the public and teeming members of
our party to ignore these disgruntled elements. They are on a failed mission to
denigrate and diminish our leader by continuing to make baseless insinuations
and bandying the name of Sen Hope Uzodimma, a leader in the zone who has been
making a lot of sacrifices to reposition APC in the region.

“In Enugu state for instance, His Excellency Sen Hope
Uzodimma has been our pillar of support, ensuring that we have functional and
befitting state and zonal offices among numerous financial support to help our
consolidation”.

The party cautioned Okechukwu and his sponsors to desist
from the ceaseless insults and senseless dragging of Gov Uzodimma’s name at any
given opportunity.

The party said that the APC was currently on the path of
growth in the region with solid political structures being put in place under
Uzodimma’s leadership, “as against previous Nicodemus political posturing by
the likes of Okechukwu, who use the party as a vehicle to grab appointments in
Abuja without identifying with the party at the ward, LG or state level but
rather be APC in Abuja and PDP in Enugu.”