WAR IN APC! # CrisisAs Ngige Emerges APC Consensus Candidate# [[Other aspirants kick. •Rochas Okorocha’s role in controversy]] As the clock ticks toward the November 16 governorship race in Anambra State, the APC is mired in confusion over who picks its ticket. The development came following the presentation of Senator Chris Ngige as the consensus candidate of theparty in the forthcoming election by leaders of the party in Abuja, yesterday. Reacting to the emergence of Senator Ngige as the consensus candidate, one of the aspirants on the platform of the APC, Godwin Ezeemo, described it as the wishful thinking of Okorocha. His words: “Governor Rochas Okorocha is not from Anambra State and he would not be allowed to become an overlord in an exercise that is for the people of Anambra State. “As far as I am concerned, the announcement of Senator Ngige as the consensus candidate of the APC in Anambra is complete falsehood. It is merely the wishful thinking of one man in the person of Rochas Okorocha,” he said. Ezeemo said the INEC does not recognise consensus arrangements, insisting that there must be primaries for the aspirants running on the platform of the APC in Anambra State. He said before now, leaders of the party had all agreed that there must be a level playing field for all the aspirants and maintained that nothing short of primaries would be accepted by his teeming supporters. He stated: “When did Rochas Okorocha become a native of Anambra State and somebody that would now dictate what happens to people of the state. We are going to resist any imposition in the coming election because that is not what the constitution says.”
Posted on: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 11:34:27 +0000
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