Rivers APC condemns lawsuit challenging LG allocations

By Jude Opara

The All Progressives Congress (APC ) in Rivers State has condemned the lawsuit instituted by a party chieftain, Tony Okocha seeking to stop funds allocation to the local government councils.
This is contained in a statement by the party’s spokesman, Darlington Nwauju.
Nwauju reiterated that Tony Okocha and his caretaker committee had been sacked but have continued to parade themselves against a subsisting court judgment.
In the statement, Nwauju further accused Tony Okocha of not meaning well for the state and frustrating the councils because they no longer have access to their funds.
The condemnation is coming following a press briefing over the weekend where Okocha admitted to going to court to stop funds allocation to the councils over what he described as a faulty process.
The statement partly read, “We have carefully studied events in our dear state, especially as it pertains to the functioning of the local government system, and have come to the realisation that throwing our arms up in the air like Pontius Pilate or sitting in the fence will only further thin out what is left of the democratic fibre of the state.
“We are shocked at the continuous gleeful disdainful treatment for a valid judgment of the Court which had sacked Tony Okocha and his group.
“It is shameful that Okocha and his friends who do not believe or respect the judgment of the High Court which invalidated their so-called appointment by NWC after more than nine months of litigation have been openly boasting of getting judgment from a court of coordinate jurisdiction in Abuja, to stop allocations to local governments in Rivers State thereby frustrating thousands of Rivers people whose livelihood and survival is dependent on the local government system, especially council workers.”