Gov Rochas Okorocha has called the bluff of the national leadership of the All Progressive Congress, APC led by Chief John Odigie Oyegun insisting that the inauguration of Chief Hillary Eke as the sate chairman of the party is in contravention of a subsisting court order. Against this backdrop the state government it seems is continuing its recognition and funding of the faction led by Mr. Chris Oguoma which it recently put in place as the acting state executive of the party. Making the feelings of the government public in…
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Death penalty: Okorocha moves to grant state pardon to murderer of Nze Duru …Supreme Court Judgement, not up to three months – Family
The family of late Nze Dominic Duru of Amaudara, Izombe, Oguta Local Government Area, has raised alarm over alleged plans of Imo State Government to grant State Pardon to one Chifoani Okorie who has been convicted for murder of their patriarch, Nze Duru. The family which raised the alarm in a petition signed by Chief Emmanuel Duru and captioned “The recent affirmation of the conviction of Chifoani Okorie for the murder of late Nze Dominic Duru by the Supreme Court of Nigeria and the recommendation to the governor for her…
Read MoreNwosu will be Imo governor in 2019-Okorocha …Says: I’ve not given up hope
Amid the vociferous opposition to his succession agenda of his son in law, Ugwumba Uche Nwosu succeeding him, Imo State Gov,Rochas Anayo Okorocha insists that he must have his way to protect his legacy. The governor who reiterated his position on this contentious decision recently while briefing journalists as part of activities marking this year’s Democracy day celebration posited that despite opposition to the agenda, he is still keeping hope alive in the project. The state chief executive who was responding to a question thrown to him on the tortuous…
Read MoreAPC Congresses: I regret losing my deputy-Okorocha …Madumere is political wizard …Blames his CPS for ordeal
There are emerging indications that the Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha could still be in shock following the outcome of the ward, local government and state congress of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Imo in which the coalition members principally led by Senator Ifeanyi Araraume, the Deputy Governor, Prince Eze Madumere and other top notchers of the party in the state. Speaking at the Victory Chapel Sunday, the governor whose political camp apparently jilted in the said party congresses recently is believed to be still rueing the role played by…
Read MoreTragedy: Airforce man shoots, kills corper in Imo “The soldier slapped the deceased Corper”
Tragedy struck in Awaka, near Owerri the Imo State Capital weekend when an Airforce man in a military checkpoint in the community shot and killed one Emeka Amadi from Umunkwe, Nde Egbelu, Awaka, Owerri North LGA. The young man, who was a Youth Corp member was said to be doing his one year mandatory national youth service in Plateau State, North Central Nigeria, according sources was killed by the Airforce man allegedly because of communal crisis. Nigeria Newspoint gathered that trouble started after another village went to the military men…
Read MoreParallel Party Structure: APC set to suspend Okorocha, others …Deputy Chair:He’s forming structures to decamp …Uzukwu to Oguoma: Stop impersonating exco
In the wake of the constitution of a parallel structures of the All Progressive Congress,APC in Imo state by the Gov Rochas Okorocha faction of the party, indications yesterday emerged that the party leadership in Abuja may axe the governor. According to APC inside sources what the governor did by the constitution of the Chris Oguoma parallel state executive,shortly after constitutionally approved and legally conducted congresses where done is tantamount to gross misconduct which the constitution of the party seriously abhors. Against this backdrop Nigeria Newspoint gathered that the National…
Read MoreBiafra Anniversary: Catholics shelve protest, as police arrest 84 MASSOB members
The Catholic Diocese of Owerri was yesterday forced to postpone the planned nationwide protest/prayer rally called by the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria to protest herdsmen killings across the country. Nigeria Newspoint gathered that the postponement was not unconnected with the tension that gripped Owerri the state capital and its environ Tuesday morning due to the 18th year anniversary parade of new Biafra organized by Chief Ralph Uwazuruike MASSOB and Biafra Independent Movement BIM, although the Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Archbishop Anthony Obinna cited security concerns as reason for the shelving…
Read MoreSagay faults Imo Ward, LGA congresses …Calls for repeat
As political intrigues continue to unfold following the trending Imo All Progressive Congress APC congress held recently across the federation, some notable Nigerians have continued to air their views on the issue. While some upheld the Imo APC congress as successful, some with different opinion thinks otherwise. Joining his voice in condemning the exercise is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN, prof. Itse Sagay, who describe the congress as an exercise that failed to realize its outcome following the crisis that accompanied it. Prof. Sagay who is the Chairman Presidential…
Read MoreAPC Congress Fallout: Okorocha relocates Imo Government House to Abuja
In his bid to upturn the results of the Ward and Local Government congresses of his party, the All Progressive Congress APC which his camp lost woefully Gov Rochas Anayo Okorocha has literarily relocated the State Government House to Abuja. Sources close the state seat of power told Nigeria Newspoint that the governor has been in the Federal Capital Territory for almost one week now, trying to see how to pull the rug off the feet of the Imo APC Coalition force which triumphed in the said Congresses. It was…
Read MoreAPC Congress: Appeal panel okays Imo Ward, LG elections …Rejects Okorocha’s petition
The APC ward congress Appeal Committee which was the last hope of the embattled Imo State Governor,Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha and his Rescue Mission political family has in a rather dramatic scenario driven the final nail into the political coffin of the camp. The panel which sealed the hope of the governor who had insisted that the Ward congress never held in the state,in its report submitted to Chief John Oyegun,the party’s national chairman of APC noted that contrary to government’s claim; the ward congress actually held in the 305…
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