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By Sodiq Omolaoye, Abuja
24 August 2024 | 2:28 p.m.
The Abia State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has voiced enactment for the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, successful urging Governor Alex Otti to instrumentality to the ruling enactment astatine the centre, claiming that the Labour Party volition beryllium ousted successful 2027. Meanwhile, the authorities Executive Council (EXCO) of…
Alex Otti.Photo:TwitterThe Abia State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has voiced enactment for the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, successful urging Governor Alex Otti to instrumentality to the ruling enactment astatine the centre, claiming that the Labour Party volition beryllium ousted successful 2027.
Meanwhile, the authorities Executive Council (EXCO) of the enactment has vowed to suspend 1 Okey Ezeala for falsely parading himself arsenic the APC Publicity Secretary successful Abia and issuing an unauthorised connection connected behalf of the EXCO.
In a connection connected Saturday, Abia APC Chairman, Dr. Kingsley Ononogbu, confirmed that the party’s authorities section is afloat down Kalu and reiterated the telephone for Otti to rejoin the party.
Ononogbu described Ezeala arsenic inconsistent and unreliable, engaging successful anti-party activities and unauthorised utterances.
He revealed that the authorities EXCO would summon Ezeala, who allegedly apologised to the State Governor connected behalf of the party, to explicate erstwhile helium became the spokesperson of Abia APC and who authorised him.
According to Ononogbu, Ezeala’s relation arsenic the publicity caput ended erstwhile helium contested for the State House of Assembly successful the 2023 election, arsenic per the party’s rules.
While announcing that the sanction of the caller publicity caput volition soon beryllium made public, Ononogbu urged APC members successful Abia to stay calm arsenic the substance is being addressed.
He stressed the request for unity and enactment for the Deputy Speaker, encouraging hard enactment to triumph much members for the enactment and instrumentality implicit the authorities successful Abia by 2027.
The connection read: “We came crossed a quality study wherever 1 Okey Ezeala ‘apologised’ to Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, claiming helium was apologising for the bold invitation extended by our enactment leader, Deputy Speaker Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, to the Abia Governor to articulation APC.
“Okey Ezeala’s apology is unauthorised, fake, unsolicited, hypocritical, and smacks of bitterness and disrespect for the idiosyncratic and bureau of the Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu. Numerous APC stalwarts person aligned with Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu successful his invitation to Gov. Otti. We basal with our person and articulation successful calling connected Governor Otti to instrumentality home.
“Ezeala’s assertion to beryllium the publicity caput is an enactment of impersonation. He volition beryllium summoned to explicate erstwhile helium was appointed spokesperson. We impulse our enactment members to turn the enactment and basal steadfast with the Deputy Speaker successful his telephone to Governor Otti.”
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The Abia State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has voiced enactment for the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, successful urging Governor Alex Otti to instrumentality to the ruling enactment astatine the centre, claiming that the Labour Party volition beryllium ousted successful 2027. Meanwhile, the authorities Executive Council (EXCO) of…
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