PDP slams Okorocha over last minute appointments

The Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has criticized the state governor, Rochas Okorocha over his latest appointments, which it described as plots to frustrate the state’s governor-elect, Emeka Ihedioha.

The PDP, in a statement by its state secretary, Ray Emeana, also accused Okorocha of hurriedly appointing his cronies into the state Judicial Service Commission.

This, the party said, was designed by Okorocha to make sure that Ihedioha did not start on a good footing on May 29, adding that the outgoing governor has also embarked on last-minute secret appointments.

The statement partly read: “The hurried, belated and strange appointments by the outgoing administration of Owelle Anayo Rochas Okorocha designed to frustrate the incoming government of the governor-elect, Emeka Ihedioha, has been brought to the notice of the Imo State Chapter of the PDP.

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“This latest attempt by the outgoing governor who has inflicted untold hardship on Imo people to appoint his cronies as members of the Imo State Judicial Service Commission, barely two months left in its administration, is one case too many.

“The Imo State PDP hereby condemns this move as it is a political tool, calculated to impugn on the independence and sanctity of the judicial arm of government in Imo State.”

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