Embattled Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, Thursday stormed the Presidential Villa to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari over the political crises rocking lmo state All Progressive Congress APC.
The visit is not unconnected with the decision by the APC national working Committee to substitute his preferred candidate and son – in law, Uche Nwosu, as the Imo state candidate of the APC.
The NWC of the party is said to have concluded plans to replace Nwosu with Hope Uzodinnma in preference for the Ahmed Gulak committee which had conducted and returned Hope Uzodinnma as the duly elected candidate.
The National Chairman of the APC Adams Oshiomhole while speaking with State House Correspondents on Wednesday had assured that the party will do what is right in handling the current crises rocking the party over the primaries
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This is just as the Oshiomohole led NWC has also received the backing of the party’s national leader, Bola Tinubu
Tinubu said the party members surrendered their rights to the elected executives, to avoid conflict, to avoid domination, to avoid abuses of power.
“ we surrendered our rights, all rights to the National Working Committee headed by Adams Oshiomohole.”
“We agreed that the National Working Committee should set up electoral bodies to supervise various state congresses and elections. ‘We signed off for it’. So, if it is not in our individual favour, so be it. We gave three options, consensus, where there is no consensus because if you are more than two or three and you cannot agree to one candidate, you go to the next level”
Rochas who worked into the Villa at exactly 4Pm headed straight to the office of the President.
Tony Ailemen, Abuja
