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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has described the national chairman of the party, Abdullahi Ganduje and Tony Okocha, as the real enemies of democracy.
He urged Okocha, who was re-elected as the party’s chairman at the congress, to stay off the concerns of the Rivers APC, describing him as a snooping rabbit and saboteur.
Eze said that the likes of Ganduje, Okocha and some others who he described as anti-democratic forces, must be stopped now and disgraced out of power.
Speaking further, he praised the court judgement nullifying the party’s congresses.
Naija News reports that a Rivers State High sitting in Port-Harcourt had nullified the Local Government and State Congresses organized by the Okocha-led faction of the APC in Rivers State.
Eze said it was a victory for democracy and a huge setback for marauding undemocratic forces in the state, allegedly led by Wike.
The purported Congresses, according to Eze, were conducted in bad faith to replace the Chief Emeka Beke-led State Executive Committee of the Rivers APC, whose tenure is still running and yet to be terminated by effluxion of time.
Speaking via a statement, the APC chieftain said the judgement has shamed the likes of Ganduje, Okocha and other undemocratic hirelings, for attempting to foist none members on the Rivers APC.
He said, “The pronouncement of the court was a watershed and landmark judgment, which has also enriched the country’s jurisprudence, further reaffirming the court as the bastion of justice for the common man.
“The issue at stake had far-reaching implications on the existence of APC and internal party politics in Rivers State and Nigeria in general, as some treacherous, irrational persons and money mongers wanted to hijack the APC structure in the State to advance their selfish interests.
“With the judgment, the judiciary has once again proven that it is not all the time that justice must be compromised by money bags or seen to be purchased by the highest bidder.
“The decision of the High Court has in deed upheld the fundamental rights of the authentic APC members in Rivers State under the leadership of Emeka Beke, while putting an end to the crass quest for power and mediocrity being championed by Wike and his new errand motorboy, Tony Okocha
“This judgment is a significant victory for democrats and APC loyalists alike, who believe in the supremacy of internal democracy over despotic moves by selfish and tyrannical politicians, who want to control an entire party structure for personal aggrandizement.
“The court’s decision reaffirms the importance and sanctity of rule of law, and sends a strong message to Ganduje, Wike, Okocha and their hangers-on that court orders are sacrosanct and therefore, must be obeyed in this country.
“At this point, I advise Ganduje to seek how to revive his dwindling and scandalous political fortunes and restoring APC to power in Kano and leave Rivers State people to have peace.
“Ganduje is one of the major clogs on the wheel of APC’s progress and in fact, a threat to democracy and rule of law in Nigeria.
“Ganduje imprudently disobeyed every order of Court in respect of the matter just to ensure that the structure of the APC in Rivers State is handed formally to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, who also claims to be the leader of PDP in Rivers State.”
