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APC Sacks Publicity Secretary for Congratulating Soludo

  • Date of Occurrence
    November 14, 2021
  • State/Country
    Anambra, Nigeria
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Mr. Okelue Madukaife, Publicity Secretary of  Anambra State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has been sacked by the party for congratulating Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, the declared winner of the governorship election.

JOURNALIST101 had reported on November 10th, that Mr. Madukaife congratulated the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA when he appeared on AriseTV’s Afternoon program, ‘Arise Interview’.

Madukaife said the party Congratulates Soludo and assured him that they will be holding him accountable in the most civil manner to ensure that he lives up to the promises made to Ndi Anambra.

However, Mr. Basil Ejidike, the state chairman of the party, in a press conference on Sunday, said Madukaife was suspended in June but continued to parade himself as the publicity secretary.

Ejidike said, “Okelo was suspended in June this year. We were surprised that he has continued to parade himself as the publicity secretary of the party. That ought not to be.

“On behalf of APC Anambra State, we wish to clearly state that Okelo Madukaife is no longer a member of our party and so he can’t be or function as the publicity secretary of our party in the state.

“Anybody dealing with him as a member of APC or publicity secretary of the party is doing so at their own risk.

“We wish to state categorically that as far as the Anambra governorship poll is concerned, we have not congratulated anybody.”

He added, “But we are aware that since June, he has been raining abuses on our party.

“Okelo was suspended since June following his involvement in anti-party activities. He has been replaced by assistant publicity secretary, Nonso Chinwuba. Okelo does not belong to the party.”

When contacted for comments, Madukaife said he remained the party’s publicity secretary in Anambra.

He said: “As I’m talking with you, I’m still doing my work very effectively, discharging my duties as the publicity secretary of the party in the state. So, I don’t know what you are talking about.

“Maybe I should see everything he said so that I reply once because our party cannot be sold to anybody. Our position that there were no governorship primaries in Anambra as stated by our chapter remains firm, fixed, and unshakable. It’s the truth registered in the minds of all members of APC in the state.

“But I need to see what exactly Ejidike is saying before I can make one word. Ejidike is on his own. The whole chapter has discovered that he is a sellout who collected a lot of money to sell our primaries out. I don’t want to miss one word in what I’m replying to, that’s why I said I would want to see what exactly he said because we have been managing him for the sake of our own image.”

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  • Date of Occurrence
    2021-11-14
  • State/Country
    Anambra
  • Perpetrator
    Anambra State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC
  • Source
    https://journalist101.com/2021/11/14/breaking-apc-sacks-publicity-secretary-for-congratulating-soludo/
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