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Rivers APC slams NWC for recognising Okocha against court order

Earlier, a Rivers State High Court presided over by Justice Sika Aprioku sacked the Caretaker Committee of APC in the state led by Chief Tony Okocha, saying the party’s National Working Committee had the power to dissolve an elected while its tenure was still running.

Justice Aprioku also restrained the Okocha-led CTC from distracting the Beke state APC leadership pending the expiration of their four-year tenure.

Okocha in his reaction during a news briefing in Port Harcourt rejected the ruling, saying the party would head to the Appeal Court to reclaim its mandate.

Also, the APC NWC on Thursday in Abuja, said it will continue to recognise the Okocha-led CTC as the party’s authentic leadership in the state.

But Nwauju in the statement slammed the NWC, saying its actions were a national embarrassment by causing disunity within the party’s fold in the state.