ENUGU APC SACKS FORMER SECRETARY TO THE STATE GOVT

According to Nwoye, Nnamani, who served as SSG in Enugu during the administration of former governor Chimaraoke Nnamani, was expelled for taking the APC to court “without first ventilating his grievances through internal mechanisms provided in the party’s constitution”.

The development contravened provisions of Article 21 of the APC constitution, which deals with ‘discipline of members’, Nwoye said. Nnamani contested for the position of APC National Vice Chairman, South-East, during the party’s national convention.

However, the election was eventually won by the incumbent, Chief Emma Eneukwu. Like Nnamani, Eneukwu is also from Enugu State. Nwoye disclosed that a petition filed by Nnamani against the outcome of the election was dismissed by the national convention appeal committee.

The Enugu APC chairman added that Nnamani went ahead to drag the party and Eneukwu to court over the same matter.

In the suit, Nnamani reportedly averred that Eneukwu did not obtain any waiver that would allow him to contest for the position during the convention. But, insisting that the APC national vice chairman, South-East, Eneukwu, actually obtained a waiver, like other national officers of the party, to contest positions during the convention, Nwoye said Nnamani violated provisions of the party’s constitution by going to court. “For the avoidance of doubt, Eneukwu got a waiver – that waiver was transmitted by myself to the then national chairman, Chief John Oyegun, who approved it. “The lawsuit filed by Nnamani was designed to distract Enugu State APC, and to pave the way for his friends and relatives in PDP to win again.