A representative from Governor Okorocha’s team confirmed to SaharaReporters that “the House of Assembly issue is important, but in our view the real issue is to make peace and move forward [within the APC].”
Governor of Imo State and Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Governors Forum, Rochas Okorocha, called an emergency meeting late Tuesday night to discuss the the National Assembly (NASS) crisis and the political crisis in the APC. The meeting will be held on Thursday at the the Imo Lodge, Asokoro, in Abuja.
The APC has been marred by political crisis, which worsened when an APC faction joined with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in the Senate and secretly voted APC Senator Bukola Saraki in as Senate President. A similar action was taken in the House of Representatives with Yakubu Dogara voted in as Speaker of the House.
A representative from Governor Okorocha’s team confirmed to SaharaReporters that “the House of Assembly issue is important, but in our view the real issue is to make peace and move forward [within the APC].”
This representative could not give specifics about the meeting agenda but said that Governor Okorocha is focused on making peace between competing factions within APC.
The Governors are expected to discuss these issues ahead of the APC National Executive Committee Meeting, which will be held on Friday at 10 am.
Both Saraki and Dogara will be at the Executive Committee Meeting on Friday. It has also been reported that President Buhari will attend. This will be the first time that the President will be meeting with the two APC factions together since the NASS leadership vote.