The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has said it has not received any injunctions from the court in respect of the recently held APC congresses in Imo State.
Governor Rochas Okorocha had alleged that national chairman of the APC John Odigie-Oyegun has been sitting on the court injunction for selfish reasons.
But the NWC has dismissed Okorocha’s allegation as unfounded in a statement on Friday by the APC spokesman, Bolaji Abdullahi.
Abdullahi wrote: “In reacting to recent allegations by the Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha that the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun ‘disobeyed’ court orders regarding Congresses in Imo State and inauguration of the state’s Party executives, the APC wishes to state that these allegations are spurious as the Party did not at any time receive any court injunctions regarding the Congresses in Imo.
“Therefore, we urge the Imo State Governor to desist from making these kinds of allegations that have no basis in facts.
“In conducting the Congresses across the country, in considering the outcomes of each one of them and in swearing in the respective State Chairmen, the National Working Committee (NWC) had strictly followed the guiding rules and the Constitution of the Party.
“There is always room for redress where justified, hence, we encourage the Imo State Governor to explore internal dispute resolution mechanisms spelt out by our Constitution to address his perceived grievances. While we urge compromise among Party stakeholders, the Party has already mandated the Deputy National Chairman (North), Sen. Lawali Shuaibu to head our reconciliation efforts following issues that arose from recently conducted ward, local government and state Congresses.”