APC S'East, Group Condemn Call for Uzodinma's Removal as Progressive Governors’ Chairman

The National Vice Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South East, Dr. Arodiogbu Ijeomah has condemned a recent call for the removal Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma as Chairman of Progressive Governors Forum.

Also, a pressure cum cultural organisation, Igbo Renaissance for Progress, asserted that it had intelligence reports that Osita Okechukwu was leading a group to smear the image of the governor.

A founding member of the party, Osita Okechukwu recently attacked Uzodinma, calling for his removal as chairman of the forum, following controversies trailing the conduct of the Edo APC primaries.

Reacting to this, the zonal leadership of the party in the South-east denounced such call, describing the Okechukwu as that of a "rabid dog".

Ijeomah in a statement made available to THISDAY wondered where the Governor of Imo State and leader of the APC in South East had erred in the discharge of his duties as the Chairman of the Edo APC Primaries Committee for the governorship elections, to warrant such call.

"As the National Vice Chairman of the party in the zone, I must frown at the penchant for certain elements to openly cast aspersions on our leaders in the party.

"It is worrisome that the likes of Okechukwu, who have never won an election either in his polling booth or in his ward will turn around and throw careless words against the leadership of Senator Uzodinma.”

Arodiogbu insisted that Uzodinma committed no crime in the discharge of his duties as Chairman of the Edo State Primary Committee.

In its separate statement in Enugu, the coordinator, Igbo Renaissance for Progress, Nwankwo Njoku, noted that Okechukwu was still sulking over his loss of ministerial appointment which he alleged was attributed to the governor.