The All Progressives Congress, APC, Enugu State, has told the former Director General of the Voice of Nigeria, VON, Mr. Osita Okechuchukwu, to stop using the name of Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma for political purposes.
Okechukwu recently requested Governor Uzodinma to resign as head of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, a stance that has enraged the APC in Enugu, Okechukwu’s home state.
The party stated that Uzodinma was the APC’s south-east leader and urged Okechukwu to quit attacking Imo state Governor.
The State Executive Chapter of APC Enugu State issued a statement on Tuesday, signed by Chief Mike Ezeanyanwu, the state publicity Secretary of APC, recalling that Okechukwu and others from Enugu state were suspended by the state chapter of the party for working against the party’s presidential, National Assembly, and governorship candidates in Enugu state during the 2023 general elections.
In a statement, on Tuesday, by the State Executive Chapter of APC Enugu State and signed by Chief Mike Ezeanyanwu, the state publicity Secretary of APC, the party recalled that Okechukwu and others from Enugu state were suspended by the state chapter of the party for working against the presidential, National Assembly and governorship candidates of the party in Enugu state during the 2023 general elections.
“Okechukwu should stop parading himself as a founder of APC, because he is not one. He used 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. He has remained a comic creation of the media.
The Enugu chapter of APC alleged that Okechukwu has been hired by disgruntled politicians within and outside the Southeast to wage campaign of calumny against Gov Uzodimma who it said 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 said that APC is currently on the path of growth in the region with solid political structures being put in place under Uzodimma’s leadership.