Group known as the Ohaziri Mba Renaissance Movement, OMRM, on Saturday allegedly declared that the ruling "All Progressives Congress, APC in Ebonyi State is on the road to destruction."
The group made the declaration in a press release issued by its National Coordinator, Engr Chiemezuo Nwoked, the National Secretary, Alhaji Mohammed Maina, and Chief Alex Okemini, Director General Ebonyi State in Abakaliki.
The group in its claims, said it considered bringing the attention of general public especially the APC faithfuls to the party happenings in the state, as it recalled its alarm and petition to the party national leadership on 22nd of September, 2021 concerning the activities of the Caretaker Chairman of the Apc in Ebonyi State, Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha.
According to the group, "Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha who was not a registered member of Apc before his appointment as a Caretaker Chairman and is presently supreintending over his own election for the position of state Chairman of Apc in Ebonyi State, which our candidate Alhaji DR Haroun Ogbonnia Ajah is a leading contestant.
"We had told you earlier that part of their rigging plot was the facilitation of the reappointment of Chief Ideato C Ideato led congress committee who has been doing the hatchet job for them to conduct today's state congress.
"Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha had vowed to use his position as caretaker chairman to prevent anyone from contesting against him and this he demonstrated by sending thugs to chase us away from the party secretariat when we went to purchase nomination form for our candidate.
"The committee sent from Abuja to sell forms in Ebonyi, went underground on the orders of Chief Emegha.Following the intervention of Gov Mai Mala Buni, we were able to secure our nomination form.As we are talking to you now, we do not know the whereabouts of the national congress committee sent to supervise the conduct of today's state congress and we are declaring them wanted.
"All efforts made to reach them have prooved abortive.Chief Okoro Emegha had yesterday 15th of October, 2021 convened a meeting where he invited his fellow ex members of the pdp, their family members and co travellers where they purportedly reached a consensus to adpot him (Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha) as the sole candidate for the state chairmanship position and directed local government chairmen to hire people that will camouflage as party members and bring them into the stadium which is their venue for their purported congress for ratification of their decisions.
"These decisions were taken without the consultation of critical stakeholders like DR Ogbonnia Onu who is a founding father of Apc having been a national chairman of one of the merger parties and led the merger talks during the formation of Apc but presently the Minister representing Ebonyi state at the federal executive council.
"The actions of Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha who is an appointee of Gov Umahi and presently supreintending over the conduct of the state congress which he happens to be a contestant.His actions led to the conduct of parallel congresses at ward and local govt congresses by stakeholders. Our canidate Alhaji DR Haroun Ogbonnia Ajah and his supporters have been recieving death threats from these people because of our resolve to fight for justice. We want to tell the whole world to hold Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha responsible should anything happen to our candidate or his supporters.
"The imposition of unpopular people on our party is being fueled by the 2023 presidential ambition of those who joined us recently and this has thrown the party into crisis and confusion which if not urgently arrested will lead to the destruction of the party.
"We therefore advise our numerous supporters to remain law abiding and steadfast to the ideals of the party as the national leadership of the party under Gov Mai Mala Buni looks into our petition."
