APC Convention: Okorochas revenge as Izunaso loses to Ibediro
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ibediro refused to step down too despite pleas by party leaders especially those from southeast for both factions to reach an amicable settlement1 governor rochas okorocha got his revenge on sunday in the political war with his deputy eze madumere when chief emma ibediro okorochas candidate for the all progressives congress national organising secretary position defeated incumbent sen. osita izunaso1 ibediro got a total vote of 1770 to defeat izunaso who got 1459 votes1 the news agency of nigeria nan recalls that apc south-east stakeholders had earlier endorsed izunaso and two other national officers of the party for re-election1 the stakeholders had also been in a running battle with gov. okorocha whom they accused of high handedness and mismanagement of the states resources1 the supremacy contest between factional delegates from imo state was part of the reasons for delay in concluding theapc national convention on saturday with 20 candidates including the chairman adams oshiomhole returned unopposed1 izunaso was the candidate of madumere1 both factions had since saturday when the convention kicked-off embarked on a free-for-all-fight on who is the recognised faction in imo state1 the delegates from imo were barred from participating in the voting process by the chairman of the national convention committee governor muhammadu badaru because of the parallel executives that followed the states recent parallel congresses1 supporters of okorocha on saturday had chased away state executive loyal to izunaso at the state pavilion after which the state executive produced by the congress organised by okorochas faction took overthe pavilion1 unlike izunaso who failed to be re-elected other south east candidates sailed through1 chief george moghalu the partys current national auditor got over 2000 votes to retain his position while emma enukwu also from the south-east got re-elected1