The congresses came barely two days after the party re-affirmed the suspension of its chieftain, Ikechi Emenike.
Mr Emenike is the leader of a faction of the party, challenging the Donatus Nwankpa-led Executive Committee .
He said the committee members failed to report to the party secretariat in Umuahia upon their arrival in the state. “And by the party regulation, after the sale of forms, the state party chairman is to set up a screening and appeal committee on screening.“They have come back and we have screened candidates for the congresses.
“If they had come from our national office in Abuja, I’m sure they would have come to the secretariat of the party in Abia.
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