The All Progressives Congress (APC), Enugu state chapter has clambered Mr Flavour Eze, Special Assistant to Foreign Affairs MiniMrr, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama for sponsoring jobless social media touts to dish out fake news against the State chairman, Barr Ugochukwu Agballah.
Recall that Foreign Affairs Minister, Onyeama was recently suspended from APC, while his SA, Eze was expelled.
Both of them, along with other party bigwigs suspended or expelled, were accused of anti-party activities.
Onyeama and Eze were specifical with ly accused of using federal government palliatives like rice, garri, cooking stove and wrapper, to campaign against APC's candidates, including the president-elect, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, during the just concluded general elections.
Reacting to recent negative publicity the social media with the title "Agballa Responsible For APC’s Shameful Election Performance In Enugu", the state Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief Michael Ezeanyanwu fingered Minister's SA of sponsoring, one Nwaorisa Gerald Chinonso, a political jobber from Imo state, to spread falsehood against Agballah.
A statement released to journalists in Enugu on Thursday by Chief Ezeanyanwu reads, "The attention of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State has been drawn to a false, mischievous, and malicious story published by an online blog africanexaminer.com, dated April 18, 2023.
"The story was posted in the name of Ignatius Okpara, however, the intelligence report available to us revealed that the identity of the author is one Mr Nwaorisa Gerald Chinonso from Imo State who goes by the name of Pigo Hedliger.
"He is a self-acclaimed sociaMredia assistant to the National Youth Leader of our party, a disciple of the PA to the Honorable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Flavor Eze, and he is said to engage in piggery and sundry businesses. Mr
"Mr Nwaorisa is a distrustful character, an ex-seminarian who failed in his religious vocation at Bonus Pastor Seminary Osina and St. Mary’s Seminary, Umuowa, Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State, an associate of those found liable for anti-party activities and a strong supporter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State in the 2023 general elections."
According to the press release, the publication falsely and mischievously quoted Gerald Chinonso Nworisa as a key stakeholder of the Party in Enugu State.
"However, there is no such name in the APC Enugu Membership Register at either the State or the National levels. Therefore, both the identity of the person and the story is merely fictitious and calculated attempts to malign the image of the State Chairman.
"The All Progressives Coisess in the State, led by the Chairman, the Hon. Ugochukwu Agballah is neither surprised nor perturbed by the publication of such libel at this period the State Working Committee (SWC) has taken the bold step to rid the Party of moles that held it apolitically spellbound for over 8 years.
"The Party is in a transformation state and pruning is inevitable to align the Party for victory, as such, these maligners and blackmailers will not distract us.
"The State Executive Committee (SEC) of the Party will not relent on its efforts to rid the Party of moles who over the years engaged in sabotage and anti-party activities. Anti-party activities harm the Party's reputation and effectiveness and undermine the ability of the Party to fulfil its role in the democratic system," the statement noted. Ends
