…describes comment as ridiculous, contemptuous and untutored …
Erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party, nPDP, and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has described as ridiculous, contemptuous and untutored, remarks credited to the Deputy National Secretary Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Festus Fuanters, over his stance on the reinstatement of Chief Emeka Beke, as Chairman, Rivers State Chapter of the party.
In a statement on Sunday, Eze observed that there has been a conflagration of legal battle between the Emeka Beke-led State Working Committee ousted “by Ganduje over their perceived loyalty to the former Transportation Minister, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, and Mr. Tony Okocha, an avowed jobber and notorious courtier fawning on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Nyesom Wike, who led an illegal caretaker committee constituted by the APC National Chairman and his cohorts in their scheme to scuttle the political advances of Amaechi.”
The party Chieftain explained the intrigues which characterized the legal battle saying that, “Dissatisfied with the barefaced illegality perpetrated against them, the plaintiffs via an originating summons approached the court for an interpretation of the constitution of the APC regarding their wrongful ouster as congressionally elected state working committee members whose 4-year term is still subsisting.
“The court in its judgement bemoaned the party for acting ultra vires its constitution in dissolving a democratically elected leadership team and setting up a makeshift committee even when there exists no proof of anti-party indulgences or any wrongdoing whatsoever by the Emeka Beke-led team. In fact, there is no need restating the fact that Ganduje imprudently acted in bad faith.
“It was the judgement reinstating Emeka Beke and his team that offended the APC Deputy National Secretary and triggered his fruitless labour of gaudy razzmatazz in a bid to continually massage the ego of the undisclosed political buccaneer(s) cheering the witch-hunt against former Minister Amaechi.
Eze Chukwuemeka Eze quoted the Deputy National Secretary as saying: “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.”
He stressed that the confidence expressed by the Deputy National Secretary in his comments was a pointer to the fact that, ” Ganduje-led National Working Committee of the APC is avast 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, stating that his was an “arrogant display of barefaced ignorance, which “puts a doubt on his qualification…”
He expressed disappointment over the presence of certain elements, including Victor Giadom, whom he described as a major beneficiary of the sacrifices of party faithful in the state “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,” accusing them of playing the script of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike.
Eze cautioned Ganduje and others to be wary of throwing the APC into a situation in which the party will seen as a group dissident to lawful order and decisions of courts, noting that such narrative from a ruling party could spell doom for the judiciary and the entire country.
He emphasized that the five NWC members who showed up for the meeting represent a group who have compromised.
“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 Wike-induced media briefing,” he said, urging the party leadership to respect the judgement of court to save it from a looming crisis which may rock its very foundation.
He concluded by saying that the gladiators should “allow Emeka Beke and his congressionally elected team to seamlessly serve out their term as ordered by court.”
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