Dalington Nwauju, Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers Stste, has said that the chairman of the caretaker committee of the party in the state, Chief Tony Okocha, is not a member of the party.
Nwauju stated this while commenting on the crisis rocking the party in the state during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today.
On Friday the National Working Committee of the ruling APC inaugurated members of the caretaker committee for the Rivers chapter of the party.
Okocha was made chairman and Eric Nwibani Secretary of the seven-man caretaker committee.
But during the interview, Nwauju said Okocha worked against the party in Rivers State.
He said, “As I speak to you, the number one person on the caretaker committee list is not a member of the APC. Tony Okocha left the party and joined forces with Magnus Abe against the party. Everybody in Rivers state is aware that the man never campaigned for any of the candidates of the APC in Rivers State.
So how can a man who worked against the APC now turn around to lead the APC. Which of the APC is he going to lead? It is not about the person of Tony Okocha, but the legality of the action of Ganduje NWC.”