Following the commencement of legal action in the Federal High Court Awka by our party, against on Mr. VICTOR JIDEOFO OKOYE, who currently occupies the seat of the Anambra West State Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, we formally draw the attention of the general public to this judicial action and invite them to be wary of the guile encased in the sleek steps of this turncoat lawmaker.
Our attention has also been drawn to the proposal by the Mr. Okoye to hold a meeting with selected members of the Action Congress of Nigeria in Anambra West local government Area, with the active connivance of some former members of our party.
The state Executive e of the party has full and comprehensive information on the proposed schedule, particulars and invitees to the meeting, a preparatory one having taken place in Asaba Delta State recently with nine persons in attendance, and hereby sternly warns members to discountenance any such invitation as honoring it would be treated as anti-party activities.
It is needless to remind our membership at all levels in the country who have been appropriately informed through the right channels, as well as the general public that our great party has initiated a judicial action against Mr. Victor Jideofo Okoye, being, in the time being, an unlawful custodian of a sacred mandate conferred on the ACN to represent the Anambra West State Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly. Mr. Okoye, ostensibly lured with filthy lucre, defected to APGA, without resigning his seat in the house moments after he was sworn in on the platform of our party.
Our party had before proceeding to the Federal High Court in Awka where the action against the lawmaker and one Mrs. Rita Maduagwuna, who also defected with the mandate of the voters in Nnewi South 1 constituency issued a mandatory 21-day ultimatum to the State House of Assembly to declare the affected seats vacant, a demand which was not complied with.
We state for the understanding of the general public that ACN sees its current litigation against these two turncoat lawmakers as an opportunity to further deepen the tenets of democracy in Anambra State, by protecting the sanctity of the ballot box and moderating the destructive influence of nomadic politicians in the body politic of Anambra State.
Hence our great party sees the battle as that which must be fought to the victory at the very end. Those who for one reason or another are unable to align with the position of the party are at liberty to exercise their right of choice, but would not be allowed to play the role of the squirrel in the maize field.
We take this chance to assure the peoples of Anambra West and Nnewi South 1 Constituencies that the ACN struggle is their struggle and they jointly and severally stand to benefit more with the victory ahead, as the issue as stake is their right to be taken seriously when they speak with their vote, as expressed through the ballot box.
For: ACTION CONGRESS OF NIGERIA, ANAMBRA CHAPTER
Okelo Madukaife
State Publicity Secretary
