APC in a quick move to replace Okorocha as PGF Chairman

The outgoing governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, is set to face more problems in the All Progressives Congress (APC) following his suspension from the party for anti-party activities as Governors elected on the platform of the party are reportedly planning to remove him as the Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) and replace him with a Governor from the South-West.

Recall that Okorocha got suspended by party’s National Working Committee (NWC) led by the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, after he supported the gubernatorial bid of his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, who ran on the platform of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM).

According to Legit.ng, emerging reports show that Okorocha may get removed from his position as the Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), even though his tenure is due to expire in less than 2 months.

The reports claim that the APC Governors, under the aegis of the PGF, are plotting for his removal as the Chairman because of issues arising from his moral right to lead the Forim after he got suspended from the party in February and also in a bit to further punish the Governor.

The reports also show that the South-Western Governor who will take over from the embattled Imo State Governor if he gets sacked at the next meeting is none other than the Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi.

According to the report, Okorocha, whose tenure ends on May 29, may find himself in the cesspool of mess, for his role in the Imo State APC crisis, which eventually led to the emergence of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the State Governorship election.

The unnamed source said: “Yes, there are attempts to remove him as Chairman of the APC Governors Forum. Those behind the plot are claiming that it is unlawful for him to preside over anything that has to do with the APC, having been suspended from the party. We have made it clear to them that suspension is different from expulsion. Until he is expelled from the party, the Governor remains a bonafide member of the party.

“Besides, the Governor has even rejected his suspension, saying the National Chairman lacks the power to suspend him, as a foundation member of APC. They are just trying all they could do to rubbish him before his tenure expires, in May. First, they dabbled into the Governorship primary of APC in Imo, and denied his favoured Candidate, Uche Nwosu, the ticket.

“The party paid dearly for it, as PDP reaped from the crisis. Later, they claimed he has been suspended from the party. Not done, they connived with INEC to deny him his Certificate of Return, as the duly elected Senator for Imo-West. Now, they are plotting to remove him as Chairman of APC Governors’ Forum, when he has just less than two months to handover.”

However, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Okorocha, Sam Onwuemeodo, laughed off the impeachment plot, adding that, his principal’s suspension by the APC NWC, does not affect his Leadership of the party’s Governorship Forum. He said: “I have not heard about it. This is my first time of hearing about it. He is presently the Chairman of the APC Governors Forum, and until anything to the contrary happens, he has no problem with the APC Governors. He has been working well with them, and they are on the same page on issues.”

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