BY SUNNY DAVID
The Anambra state chapter of the All Progressive Congress APC has sacked its public secretary, Mr. Okelo Madukaife.
The Anambra state chairman of the party, Chief Basil Ejidike announced the sack at a press conference in Awka, the state capital on Sunday.
Chief Ejidike said Mr. Okelo who was suspended in June this year had continued to parade himself the public secretary to extent that he appeared on a national television recently to congratulate the All Progressives Grand Alliance governor-elect, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo.
He said, ”Mr. Okelo was suspended in June this year. We were surprised that he has continued to parade himself as the publicity secretary of the party.
“On behalf of APC Anambra state, we wish to clearly state that Mr. Okelo Madukaife is no longer a member of our party and so he can’t be or function as the publicity secretary of our part 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.”
Describing the election as fraud, Chief Ejidike said the party was studying the situation with a view to approaching the court about the outcome of the poll.
He reminded the the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige and Director General of the National Inland Water Ways, Chief George Moghalu (all members of the APC in the state, Chief Ejike said they did their congratulations as individuals and not as officials of the party.