APP Alleges Plot To Frame-up National Chairman, Lawmaker

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Action Peoples Party (APP) has raised the alarm over an alleged plot by persons said to be close to a minister to frame its National Chairman, Ochiagha Uche Nnadi, and opposition spokesperson, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere with allegations of judicial corruption, treason, bribery of judicial officers and forgery.

The allegation is contained in a statement issued in Abuja by the APP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Ugo Apu, Wednesday.

APP claimed that it had intercepted credible intelligence that persons allegedly close to a controversial minister had arranged some people to come up with claims that they are close to the APP National Chairman and were involved with him in committing acts of treason, bribing of judicial officers and forgery of court documents.

“Since the landslide victory of our party in the Rivers State Local Government election, persons allegedly close to the minister instituted cases in court seeking the deregistration of the APP.

“Having realised the futility of their cases, they have now resorted to the dark art of attempting to frame our National Chairman, and key opposition voices to silence them and stop them from speaking out against their impunity in PDP, Rivers state and land grabbing allegations in the federal capital territory,” the statement read.

Mr Apu called on Nigerians to be on the “lookout for these tales by moonlight type of stories and their AI-enhanced evidence, which cannot amount to upturning the party’s electoral successes at the Rivers State Local Government elections or stopping the opposition from insisting that the sacked 27 lawmakers remained sacked and that the president must order for audit of the ongoing land grabbing in FCT to help save Nigerian democracy from destabilising.”

“Some people are acting like they own Rivers State and the FCT. They have failed to come to terms with the fact that APP has won majority seats in the election. This onslaught will fail, and APP will continue as the fastest-growing political party in Nigeria,” the statement concluded.