Chidi Samuel|
Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha on Thursday said a national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, must have been ill-informed before declaring support for the party’s chairman, Adams Oshiomhole.
He also accused Oshiomhole of administering the affairs of the party without carrying President Muhammadu Buhari along.
Okorocha spoke with State House correspondents shortly after meeting Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The governor insisted that his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, was duly given a certificate for winning the party’s governorship ticket in the state before Nwosu’s replacement by the APC National Secretariat.
He accused Oshiomhole of not giving some candidates who won the primaries ticket in the state but rather gives those who did not win the ticket.
“Oshiomhole is on his own in this whole thing, there is no presidency’s support for him to refuse candidates who won an election and give wrong candidates who didn’t win the election.
“It is not with the consent of the presidency, so he is on his own”.
Okorocha called on Oshiomhole to respect the rule of law and court orders.
“I also request that Oshiomhole should respect the rule of law and obey court orders where applied”
He said the party has lost about 5 million voters who are angry with Oshiomhole’s handling of the party’s affairs.
According to Okorocha, the National Chairman must be brought to order.
He also denied that he is set to move over to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) saying he cannot leave a house he built and gave the name APC.