The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties on Sunday warned the Imo State Governor-elect, Chief Rochas Okorocha, against defecting to the Peoples Democratic Party.
Before the 2011 general election, Okorocha had defected from the PDP to the All Progressives Grand Alliance where he emerged as its Imo governorship candidate.
Speaking for the CNPP, the National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, said, “We urge him to view his victory as that of the generality of the good people of the state, a sacred trust and social contract; accordingly to uphold the basic tenets of the social contract and assign the welfare of the people as top priority.
“He should unlike Governor Peter Obi, learn from Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos and expand the frontiers of APGA and never make the mistake of returning to the PDP.”
The CNPP national publicity secretary also berated the Independent National Electoral Commission for its attempt at scuttling Friday’s supplementary election in Imo State.
He said, “We are appalled with the show of shame exhibited by INEC, as evidenced by late arrival of electoral materials, in a supplementary election holding in only four local government areas; regardless of huge resources deployed for the exercise. In fact APGA snatched victory from the jaws of ignoble lions.
“We commend the peoples’ governor-elect, who stood against the impunity and double standard of highly placed officials of the INEC and its collaborators, to win the Imo State governorship election.”
Meanwhile, the CNPP had earlier stated that APGA’s victory had exposed the jumbo-allocation of votes to the PDP in April 16, 2011 presidential election.
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