I Am Still APC Senatorial Candidate - Okorocha
By Damian Duruiheoma, Owerri Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state says he is still the senatorial candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) despite the suspension by the party last week. In the list of senatorial candidates published by the INEC, the governor’s name is among the candidates of the APC in Imo state that will contest the February 16 2019 National Assembly election. Okorocha, who is the chairman of Progressive Governors Forum, an assemblage of APC governors in Nigeria, was Thursday night suspended for anti-party activities by the state chapter of the APC. The chairman of the state chapter of the party, Prince Marcellinus Nlemigbo, in a release, said the action was taken, after a report from the disciplinary committee set up to investigate allegations of anti-party activities against the governor. The disciplinary committee, headed by former member of House of Representatives, Matthew Omegara, had earlier last week, summoned the governor and six others to a...