Tension yesterday continued to build up in Imo State, after the ward congresses of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state, as commissioners appointed by Governor Rochas Okorocha insisted that the congresses should be rescheduled. This is coming at a time some youths loyal to a faction of the state executive of APC, blocked the party secretariat and threatened to burn down the office. The commissioners who spoke in Owerri, through the Commissioner for Transport, Mr Lasbery Okafor, said: “In view of the foregoing, we state categorically and without equivocation whatsoever that ward congresses did not hold in our wards in our various local government areas. “We therefore request our party, the All Progressives Congress, to quickly reschedule the ward congresses in the state, to enable election of our party executives in our various wards in the LGAs. Read more
Battle for Imo: Okorocha, deputy’s war escalates (Vanguard)
