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  • APC committee suspends members over ultimatum to Oshiomhole

    The Presidential Support Committee (PSC) has suspended three of its members over ultimatum given to Adam Oshiomhole, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to lift the suspension on Imo Governor, Rochas Okorocha.

    Mr Chemberline Adiaso, the South East Zonal Coordinator of PSC, announced this in a statement on Friday in Umuahia.

    The suspended members are Mr Robert Ngwu (Director, Inter Party, South East); Mr Ejikeme Ugwu, National Director, Legal Matters and Mr Maxwell Okoye, Director, Political Matters, South East.

    He said the suspension letter was signed by Mr Gideon Sammani, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Political Matters and Facilitator of PSC.

    He said the members were suspended for breach of directives and regulations guiding the PSC.

    The APC National Working Committee (NWC) had suspended Gov. Okorocha over alleged anti-party activities.

    Adiaso said they were suspended over a publication entitled ‘Presidential Committee gives Oshiomhole 48 hours ultimatum to lift Okorocha’s suspension.

    According to him, their action is totally unacceptable and disrespectful to organs of the party which is against the laid down rules and regulations guiding the affairs of PSC and constitution of our party.

    “You are by this communication advised to retract this unauthorised publication within 72 hours, failing to do so will lead to expulsion,” the letter stated.

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    NAN reports that the National Working Committee of the APC had suspended Gov. Okorocha over alleged anti-party activities.

    Okorocha is said to be supporting the governorship candidate of another political party, instead of the APC in the state.

    Adiaso said that he had earlier dissociated himself from a recent news conference in Owerri, where the suspended members allegedly issued the ultimatum.

    He said that anyone who questioned the authority of the NWC was also questioning the powers of President Muhammadu Buhari as the leader of the APC.

    NAN

  • Oshiomhole gets 48 hours to rescind Okorocha’s suspension

    •Group wants Senate Presidency zoned to Southeast

    The Presidential Support Committee (PSC), Southeast Zone, has given the Adams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) a 48-hour ultimatum to rescind the suspension of Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha.

    The committee, at a news conference jointly addressed by the Director of Inter-Party Affairs Robert Ngwu, National Legal Adviser Ejikeme Ugwu and Director of Political Matters, Comrade Maxwel Okoye, in Owerri, noted that suspending a key stakeholder like Okorocha “did not speak well of the NWC and Oshiomhole”.

    The group consequently threatened to embark on legal and mass action if the NWC did not repeal the suspension.

    The committee also made a case for zoning of the Senate Presidency to the Southeast in view of the support given to President Muhammadu Buhari.

    It noted that “the suspension is an orchestrated agenda to deny the Igbo presidency in 2023, knowing that Okorocha is one of the major contenders”.

    They said: “Okorocha’s suspension came to us as a shock. There is no way a cabal can suspend a major financier of the party. We give the NWC and the National Chairman 48 hours to reverse the suspension or we will resort to legal and mass action against APC leadership.

    “The suspension is aimed at disorganising Igbo ahead of 2023. Oshiomhole cannot wake up and suspend a major financier of the party. We plead with Buhari not to allow some few individuals rubbish his friends because we know that Okorocha is a good friend of the President.”

  • We’re going to floor Atiku, PSC assures Buhari

    The Presidential Support Committee (PSC), has reiterated its commitment towards ensuring that President Muhammadu Buhari comes out victorious in the forthcoming Presidential elections scheduled for February 16, 2019.

    The National Publicity Secretary of the PSC, Engr. Kilani Muhammed assured that the People’s Democratic Party Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his group will suffer defeat in the coming general elections.

    He asserted this during the inauguration of the Zonal Excos of the PSC in Kaduna at the weekend where he said Buhari led administration has done much to deserve been reelected into power.

    Kilani disclosed that PSC is on the top gear to garner support for President Buhari across the six geo-political zone, saying that the good work of the President should not be allowed to be truncated by set of people who do not mean well for the country.

    He explained that the present administration met the economy at zero level, which according to him the government has tremendously improved on.

    He added: ” Nigerians should not make comparism. Some were at the helm of affairs for 16 years without nothing to show for it, and in less than four years, this administration has improved on the agricultural sector, which is now contributing nothing less than 16 per cent to the Nigerian Gross Domestic Product, GDP.

    “This government has also improved on the infrastructure across the country, and this is an indication that President Buhari can do better in the next four years”.

    Speaking on the mandates of the inaugurated zonal executive, he said the committee’s assignment is to secure every single vote for APC and its candidates.

    According to him, ”We going to double our efforts in ensuring that we deliver more votes for President Buhari compare to what we did in 2015.

     

  • Salvador urges APC’s unity ahead of 2019

    The Deputy Chairman, Lagos West, Presidential Support Committee (PSC) for Buhari/Osinbajo, Hon. Moshood Salvador has urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to unite ahead of 2019.

    Addressing party members at a strategic meeting in Lagos, he said all hands must be on the deck to ensure victory for the party in the coming election.

    He urged party members who are aggrieved due to the unforeseen developments in the party to forgive one another for the sake of the party.

    Salvador called on members to maintain the spirit of camaraderie, noting that everybody was important in the party.

    He said it was no longer fashionable for some people to behave like lords, stressing that all APC members were important.

    He urged the party to work hard in areas it lost to the opposition in the 2015 election, stressing that the PSC would not leave any stone untouched in the 2019 election.

    He said: “There is need for unity in our great party. Through that, we can achieve success in the coming election. We must not underrate anybody; we should accord everybody the respect they deserve.

    “I must draw your attention to the 2015 election, where the APC lost some seats to the PDP in Ajeromi, Amuwo and Ojo areas of the state. My research also exposes to me that we must take note of Ifako/Ijaiye area of Lagos ahead of 2019 election.”

    Salvador said the challenge before him was not just to ensure victory for the party but preach peace in order to strengthen the party.

    “The challenge before me is to make sure Sanwo-Olu wins Lagos State governorship election with landslide victory. We must also ensure that President Buhari is returned to office. Following our discussion, I can assure you that the party APC will win the election.

    “My analysis of the situation shows to me that the APC has not got to the margin it is expected to be. We have underutilized our strength because we can achieve far better than what we presently have in the state.

    “Our capacity is more than what is presently obtained. I want to put all my efforts, experience and all that I know to make sure the party performs to the maximum level in at the coming election. It is part of our assignment to make sure that we leave no stone untouched ahead of 2019.”