{"id":7686,"date":"2013-08-04T02:44:42","date_gmt":"2013-08-04T02:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/apga-suspends-okorocha-as-14-aspirants-pick-anambra-guber-form\/"},"modified":"2013-08-04T02:44:42","modified_gmt":"2013-08-04T02:44:42","slug":"apga-suspends-okorocha-as-14-aspirants-pick-anambra-guber-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/apga-suspends-okorocha-as-14-aspirants-pick-anambra-guber-form\/","title":{"rendered":"APGA suspends Okorocha as 14 aspirants pick Anambra guber form"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Citizens Platform<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has been suspended by the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, over alleged involvement in anti-party activities.<\/p>\n

The suspension, together with the dissolution of the executive of \u00a0its Imo State chapter, was announced Saturday after\u00a0an emergency National Executive Council held in Abuja, and the party resolved to appoint a 21-man committee to oversee its affairs until a congress was done.<\/p>\n

The National Vice-Chairman of APGA (South-West), Tayo Sowunmi, who read out the communiqu\u00e9 of the NEC meeting, also said the party leaders discussed preparations for the Anambra gubernatorial election and approved guidelines for the exercise.<\/p>\n

According to him, \u201cThe NEC unanimously resolved to suspend, with immediate effect, the Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okoroacha, from the party for gross anti-party activities, bordering on his involvement with the All Progressives Congress contrary to the clear provisions of the APGA constitution.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NEC also unanimously resolved to dissolve the Imo state executive committee of APGA with immediate effect. A 21-man caretaker committee shall be appointed to run the affairs of the party in Imo pending the conduct of state congress.\u201d<\/p>\n

The party approved the party\u2019s electoral guidelines for the Anambra State governorship primary election for 2013 and afterwards adjoined its next sitting till August 31.<\/p>\n

In a related development, the party’s National Chairman, Mr.\u00a0 Victor Umeh, has revealed that barely three days after the party invited aspirants to declare interest in the November 16 election, no fewer than 14 persons have already collected the expression of interest form.<\/p>\n

Former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Charles Soludo and former Minister of State for Transportation, Mr. Emeka Okechukwu, were among the 14 aspirants who collected and submitted their forms for the governorship race in Anambra.<\/p>\n

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