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| Mr.Ogbonna Nwuke |
The acting State
Publicity Secretary, of the Rivers State All Progressives Congress APC, Mr.Ogbonna
Nwuke has expressed surprise over Hon. Igo Aguma’s call on Thursday, 2nd July
2020 demanding for the closure of the State Secretariat of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, located along the Port Harcourt-Aba Expressway.
Nwuke in a statement
with the caption “Igo Aguma's Call For The Closure Of The State Party Secretariat: A Case
Of Two Women Who Appeared Before King Solomon” circulated to
journalists todad stated that “the call by the suspended Caretaker Committee
Chairman of the APC who has been in Court ostensibly to protect the interest of
his party came as a huge surprise.”
According to him, “It
may be that the former Honourable member of the House of Representatives cannot
bear to see a return of enthusiasm among members of the APC who have turned the
State Party Secretariat into a beehive of activity.”
The statement reads: “Daily,
as events have proved, members of the party awakened by the clarion call for
unity, peace and progress amongst us throng the authentic State Party
Secretariat to reaffirm their belief in the party, and their solidarity with
the peoples' Caretaker Committee, which is led by Hon. Sokonte Davies, a
seasoned politician, party administrator and technocrat.
“We would want to
imagine that Hon. Igo Aguma was misquoted by the press. But we are shocked that
the former lawmaker has not denied ever making such a suggestion. In the
circumstance we are led to believe that
jealousy, hate for progress, bitterness and desperation have beclouded rational
thinking and affected his sense of sound reasoning.
“His outburst reminds
us of the Biblical account of two women who appeared before the Israeli
monarch, King Solomon. Whereas the one whose child died at night demanded
that the king slay the surviving child of another, the true mother urged the
king to spare the life of the baby.
“It is instructive to
note that the mother insisted that the King of Israel as he then was should
spare the child, stressing that when the baby grows, it would eventually know
who the true mother is.
“It is clear that the
child of circumstance that Igo Aguma wants to slay, going by this Biblical
account, is the APC. Can this be the attitude of a true party man? Can this be
the behaviour of someone who truly believes in the advancement of the party
that he wants to lead?
“We are certain that
Aguma has revealed his true colours to the Rivers people as well as all
Nigerians who are watching his dance steps at this point in time.
“He has proven beyond
reasonable doubt, in our opinion, that he has no love whatsoever for the APC.
Except for the benefit of his shadowy paymasters who have unleashed him on the
APC, the former lawmaker has shown by his actions and comments that he may indeed be an impostor on a mission to
destroy.
“To say that we are
shocked by his outburst is an understatement. We are glad that by his own
utterances, he has let the rest of us who may believe that his intentions for
the APC are genuine into the secret of his most secret mission. Igo Aguma is no
better than that bitter woman in the Bible who wanted a poor and innocent child
to die.
“The ability to
determine the headquarters of any political party belongs to its National
Secretariat. The official records of the
APC shows that its State Secretariat exists where Hon. Sokonte Davies and
members of his team are operating from.
“Aguma has none to
blame for his fate. He chose to serve those who thrust him upon the APC rather
than obeying the spirit of the decision of the High Court which enjoined him to
go and rebuild the party in the company of his colleagues.
|We repeat, for the
avoidance of doubt, that 28 out of 38 statutory members voted Aguma out
because of the indiscretion he exhibited
by acting as a sole administrator.
“We urge all reasonable
minds to ignore the call by Igo Aguma. It is baseless, uncharitable and
unbecoming of a Democrat and a Progressive.”
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