Rivers APC Demands National Spokesman’s Resignation

All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, has demanded the immediate resignation of the party’s national publicity secretary, Felix Morka, from office, following his comments during a recent interview on a national television.

The APC spokesman had during the interview said he was aware that the party publicity secretary in the state, Darlington Nwauju, served in the former executive committee of the party but didn’t know if he was serving in the current exco.

But, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt yesterday, the APC said its exco, which Nwauju belongs to, is the only committee duly recognised by judgements of the courts.

The statement, which was signed by Nwauju reads in part: “We listened carefully to Mr Felix Morka’s interview on national television and the very unfortunate commentaries passed by a supposed national spokesperson of our party against our stand on the legislative overreach and coup d’etat orchestrated by members of the Rivers State House of Assembly to oust the Governor of Rivers State, His Excellency Siminalayi Fubara and his Deputy, Prof (Mrs) Ngozi Odu.

“The embarrassing response of Mr Morka to the question posed to him by Mr Nifemi of TVC over the status of the Mr Darlington Nwauju who issued statements on the behalf of the party in Rivers over the self-serving and unpopular attempt at removing the Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Prof (Mrs) Ngozi Odu from office.

“We are alarmed at the continuous ridicule, disrespect and disregard for lawful court rulings by Mr Felix Morka which has cast a big question mark to the authenticity of the statements/comments/opinions published by the legally recognized party spokesperson in Rivers State.

“We are therefore calling for his disbarment, owing to the fact that Suit No. PHC/3592/CS/2023 (Sam Sam Etetegwung Vs APC) and Suit No 3859/CS/2024 (OkwuJoe Brown Ndke Vs APC), both nullified the purported dissolution of Executives elected in October 16 2021 and voided the kangaroo congress conducted in November 2023 to replace the Executives elected in October 2021, thereby giving Mr Nwauju the audacity to speak for the party in Rivers.

“Since we are practicing a Constitutional democracy and our party built on progressive ideals to defend democratic practice and promote the rule law, Mr Morka has lost the moral high ground to continue to act as a national officer of our great party having elected to come on national television to promote partisan interpretation to subsisting court rulings over the party leadership question in Rivers APC.

“This misleading narrative is too dangerous to be ignored by any true member of our party praying for the party to mobilize and win elections fair and square in Rivers for Mr President. We dare say that Mr Morka should have kept quiet rather than using his interview to launder the image of a non-party member over and above one of the party’s Governors who doubles as the undisputable leader of our party in Rivers State.

“Again, we are also aware that the National Working Committee, outside of the National Executive Committee (NEC) is the conscience of our party and should not continue to condone persons who are out to promote divisiveness over and above internal party cohesion.”