{"id":88571,"date":"2021-11-15T01:56:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T00:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=88571"},"modified":"2021-11-15T01:56:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T00:56:00","slug":"breaking-apc-sacks-publicity-secretary-for-congratulating-soludo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/breaking-apc-sacks-publicity-secretary-for-congratulating-soludo\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: APC sacks publicity secretary for congratulating Soludo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m19429\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has sacked its public secretary, Mr. Okelo Madukaife over alleged anti party activities, including congratulating the winner of the just concluded governorship election, Professor Charles Soludo.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The state chairman of the party, Mr. Basil Ejidike stated this at a press briefing in Awka. He said that Okelo was suspended in June this year and therefore has no reason to be parading himself as an official of APC.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">But the embattled publicity secretary said the chairman is on his own, adding that he has been performing his duties as the spokesman of the party.According to the party chairman, Okelo has continued to parade himself to the public as publicity secretary to the extent that he appeared on a national television to congratulate Prof Chukwuma Soludo as the winner of the governorship election when the party hierarchy was still studying the outcome of the exercise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He recalled that Okelo did not challenge his suspension after a panel found him guilty.Ejidike said: \u201d kelo\u00a0 was suspended in June this year.\u00a0 Someone who was suspended from the party went on air claiming to be making statements on behalf of the party and we feel disturbed. We feel that such a situation should not be allowed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cIf you are not with the party, you are not with it. You cannot be out of the party and still be speaking for the party.\u201cSince June 2021, Okelo has been raining\u00a0 abuses on APC and its leadership and to put the records straight, he has not been attending meetings and activities of the party.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cHis suspension followed his indictment over his involvement in anti party activities.\u201cHe has since then been replaced by the state assistant publicity secretary, Mr. Nonso Chinwuba in line with the constitution of the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe party therefore enjoins the general public and the media in particular to desist from dealing with him as agent of APC. As it stands, Okelo Madukaife does not belong to APC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">On behalf of APC, I want to state that the statements credited to the suspended publicity secretary, Mr. Okelo Madukaife were not the position of the APC in Anambra State.\u201cWe wish to state categorically that as far as the Anambra Governorship poll is concerned we have not congratulated anybody as the party is still studying the situation with a view to approaching the court to challenge the poll\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Reminded the the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige\u00a0 and Director General of the National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA,\u00a0 Chief George Moghalu who are chieftains of the APC in state had already congratulated Soludo, Ejidike said they did that as individuals and not as officials of the party.<\/p>\n<p>When contacted on the telephone, Madukaife said he remained the state\u2019s\u00a0 publicity secretary.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI am still\u00a0 doing my work very effectively;\u00a0 discharging my duties as the publicity secretary of the party in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur party cannot be sold to anybody. Our position that\u00a0 there were no governorship primaries in Anambra as stated by our chapter remains firm, fixed and unshakable. It\u2019s the\u00a0 truth registered in the minds of all members of APC in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEjidike is on his own. The whole chapter has discovered that he is a sellout; We have been managing him for the sake of our own image\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has sacked its public secretary, Mr. Okelo Madukaife over alleged anti party activities, including congratulating the winner of the just&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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