{"id":96881,"date":"2019-01-18T10:33:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T09:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=96881"},"modified":"2019-01-18T10:33:50","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T09:33:50","slug":"imo-apc-faction-suspends-okorocha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/imo-apc-faction-suspends-okorocha\/","title":{"rendered":"Imo APC faction suspends Okorocha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A faction of the Imo All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended Rochas Okorocha from the party over alleged anti-party activities.<\/p>\n<p>Marcellinus Nlemigbo, caretaker committee chairman of the Imo APC faction, said the state governor had vowed to undermine the party and its electoral interest.<\/p>\n<p>The Matthew Omegara-led disciplinary committee set up to look into allegations of anti-party activities against Okorocha by one Ikechukwu Unegbu had recommended the governor\u2019s suspension.<\/p>\n<p>According to the leadership of the party, the suspension of the governor is based on Article 21 (B) i\u2013vi of the APC constitution as amended.<\/p>\n<p>The governor was accused of sponsoring another political party, Action Alliance (AA), and its governorship candidate in the state, Uche Nwosu.<\/p>\n<p>He was also accused of openly denouncing the APC and Hope Uzodinma, its governorship candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA letter by the Imo State chapter of the APC signed by the chairman conveying the suspension to the National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole regretted that Okorocha who is supposedly the party\u2019s candidate for Imo West senatorial district has vowed to undermine the APC and its electoral interest,\u201d Nlemigbo said while speaking to journalists in Owerri on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo save the party from the machinations of Governor Rochas Okorocha, our state Caretaker Committee highly recommends the expulsion of the governor from the APC so that he can fully move to his party, the Action Alliance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A faction of the Imo All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended Rochas Okorocha from the party over alleged anti-party activities. Marcellinus Nlemigbo, caretaker committee chairman of the Imo APC faction, said the state governor had vowed to undermine the party and its electoral interest. The Matthew Omegara-led disciplinary committee set up to look into allegations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":79094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,2,4],"tags":[32,7890,908],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Imo APC faction suspends Okorocha | New Mail Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/imo-apc-faction-suspends-okorocha\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Imo APC faction suspends Okorocha | New Mail Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A faction of the Imo All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended Rochas Okorocha from the party over alleged anti-party activities. 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