The Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly criticized Mr. Osita Okechukwu, a former Director General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), accusing him of consistently hurling insults and making baseless allegations against leaders of the party in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria.
The party condemned Okechukwu’s recent attack on the leader of the APC in the South East and the governor of Imo State, Sen Hope Uzodimma, where Okechukwu called for the governor to resign as the Chairman of Progressive Governors’ Forum.
In a statement signed by Chief Mike Ezeanyanwu, the publicity secretary of APC Enugu State and made available to journalists in Enugu, the party described Okechukwu as an attention-seeking political opportunist who lacked relevance and connection with his political base in Udi local government area of the state.
The party recalled that Okechukwu and his associates 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.
The statement further stated, “Okechukwu should stop parading himself as a founder of APC because he is not one.
He is a known jobless character who used gossip, 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.
“Unfortunately for him, many discerning politicians, even within the inner core of former President Buhari’s administration, know him too well as an empty barrel and echo chamber.
“Having been let off the hook through the intervention of some highly placed persons in the former administration after his investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), one would have expected Okechukwu to remain contrite and sober and humble.
“But he has remained a nuisance and an unfortunate though comic creation of the media, even while being quarantined in Abuja as he has never been to Enugu state in the past five years”.
The Enugu APC accused Okechukwu of being hired by disgruntled politicians within and outside the Southeast to wage a campaign of calumny against Gov Uzodimma, who has been a pillar of APC in the Southeast.
The party urged the public and its members to ignore Okechukwu’s actions, stating that the APC in Enugu State had been strengthened under the leadership of Gov Uzodimma, who had provided support for functional state and zonal offices and financial assistance for consolidation.
The party cautioned Okechukwu and his sponsors to stop the insults and baseless attacks on Gov Uzodimma, emphasizing that the APC in the region was on a path of growth with solid political structures being put in place under Uzodimma’s leadership.
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