The erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party, (nPDP) and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has described as contemptuous remarks credited to the Deputy National Secretary of the APC, Mr. Festus Fuanters, over his stance on the reinstatement of Chief Emeka Beke, as Chairman, Rivers State Chapter of the APC.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
There has been a conflagration of legal combat between the Emeka Beke-led State Working Committee ousted by Abubakar Ganduje, national chairman of the party over their perceived loyalty to the former Transportation Minister, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi.
Fuanters was quoted as saying that “we want to categorically state and inform the public that the position of the Party, All Progressives Congress, in the judgement delivered by the Rivers State High Court per. Justice Aprioka in Suit No. PHC 3592 CS. 2023, wherein the court reinstated the dissolved State Executive Committee, is not binding on the Party (APC).”
“In view of the above, the party still recognizes the erstwhile caretaker committee set up to oversee the affairs of the party in the state.”
Reacting to the statement, Chief Eze said the confidence oozed by the Deputy National Secretary points to the fact that the Ganduje-led National Working Committee of the APC is a vast to democracy, rule of law and a proactive, independent judiciary and is aggressively committed now than ever to destroying the APC and other democratic institutions within the polity with his abrasive tendencies.
The party Chief noted with dismay that “the Deputy National Secretary, presented himself as a better residual of legal knowledge than the court which did an exhaustive legal work and displayed excellence and sound logical reasoning in its judgement, stressing that this display of barefaced ignorance puts a doubt on his qualification as a lawyer”.
He expressed disappointment over the presence of the likes of Victor Giadom, a major beneficiary of the sacrifices of party faithful in Rivers who suffered a gamut of dehumanizing treatment and lost lives and limbs during elections, in the congregation of five political hustlers out of 25 that make up the APC NWC.
Eze cautioned Ganduje and his irks to be wary of inveighing the APC into a situation in which the party will be reckoned with as a group dissident to lawful order and decisions of courts, noting that such narrative from a ruling party spells doom for the judiciary and the country.
“The party is aware that with the position of the court as represented in the judgment, Emeka Beke remains the Chairman and any dealing with Tony Okocha in the name of the party in Rivers State is unlawful and an invitation to anarchy. The knowledge of this truth made majority members of the NWC (20 of them) especially the principal members like the Chairman, Publicity Secretary, Legal Adviser and others to distance themselves from the media briefing”.
He urged the party leadership to respect the judgement of court to save her from a looming crisis which may shake the party to the foundation and allow Emeka Beke and his congressionally elected team to seamlessly serve out their term as ordered by court.