Mascot Uzor Kalu reacts to lawsuit seeking disqualification of Abia APC Governorship Candidates

The governorship candidate of Action Peoples Party (APP) Abia State, Hon. Mascot Uzor Kalu has reacted to a lawsuit seeking for disqualification of the governorship candidates of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Abia.

AbaCityBlog recalled that the APC in Abia during the primaries produced two governorship candidates for the 2023 gubernatorial election in the person of Dr. Uche Ogah and Chief Ikechi Emenike.

Following the crisis rocking the party, the Action Peoples Party, APP, had approached the court seeking for disqualification of the candidates. However, the legal team initially included the APC House of Assembly candidates in Abia in the suit which elicited reactions.

Given clarification on the suit, Prince Udochukwu Eme, Mascot Uzor-Kalu’s Personal Assistant in a statement, said his principal who doubles as the leader of the party in the state has instructed the party to direct the legal team to remove all or any relief relating to the APC House of Assembly, as they are not listed in the suit.

Udochukwu stressed that the party’s decision to go to court is based on the law, not petty political games.

The statement reads: “The attention of my principal, Mascot Uzor-Kalu, has been drawn to the news publications online about the lawsuit against the governorship primaries of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Abia State by our great party, the Action Peoples Party (APP) Abia State, calling for the disqualification of the governorship candidate.

“Let me clear the air that the APC Abia State House of Assembly is not listed in the suit. Furthermore, as the leader of the party in Abia, he has instructed our great party to direct the legal team to remove all or any relief as it relates to the APC House of Assembly, as they are not listed in the suit. They have assured compliance.

“Please, APC House of Assembly candidates should focus on their election. Our decision to go to court is based on the law, not petty political games.

“Please do accept the assurances of my principal’s highest regard.