Imo State: Okorocha laughs best, APC conducts fresh congresses

Governor Rochas Okorocha has regained control of the All Progressives Congress (APC), structures in the State laughing best as his party, the APC conducts fresh congresses in the State.

The fresh congresses are as a result of a court order which quashed the initial contentious congresses conducted by the John Oyegun led immediate past National Working Committee (NWC), of the APC.

Recall that the cancelled congresses were alleged to be hijacked by the Osita Izunaso group that was in a political battle with the Okorocha and the former, using his vantage position as the then APC National Organising Secretary to snatch party structures from the later.

However in compliance with the court judgment, a schedule for the conduct of congresses in Imo State as announced by the APC National Organising Secretary, Emma Ibediro shows that ward congress holds Friday, local government congress is scheduled for Saturday and state congress, Monday.

As part of the conduct of the exercise, the party, Wednesday inaugurated a Committee to handle the assignment, chaired by former Kano State Governor and Senator representing Kano South, Kabiru Gaya.

Gaya who spoke with journalists at the party secretariat after inauguration assured that his committee would work based on the directives of the court to conduct free, fair and credible congresses that would be acceptable by all APC members in Imo state.

According to the Chairman Senate Committee on Works, “we’re going for the congresses and we intend to do it peacefully and we’ll carry everybody along. We hope to have peace and stability in Imo state.

“Therefore my essence is to go and represent my party, so that we can enhance the position of our party in that state.

On how to avoid a repeat of what transpired in the botched exercise, Gaya said, “Well, I believe that by the time we are through, there wouldn’t be serious complaints from both factions

“I’ve been in politics for years. I left Government House 27 years ago as a Governor. Therefore, with the little experience God has given me, I’ll try, with the members of the team, to do our best.

“We hope by the end of the day, we’ll be successful. Nothing in life will have 100% perfection. We’ll do our utmost best to get more praises than accusations”, he said.