Entrance of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Secretariat along Okigwe road in Owerri, the Imo State capital was on Friday barricaded by heavy police presence.
Movement in and out of the Secretariat was restricted by the policemen and men of Department of State Services, DSS in a bid to forestall possible breakdown of law and order.
According to a source privy to the party, the security personnel were mobilized to enforce the Supreme Court judgment reinstating Dan Nwafor, an ally of Rochas Okorocha as the state chairman of Imo APC.
On the other hand, the MacDonald Ebere’s led executive refuting the speculations disclosed that the state government invited the police to prevent thugs from destructing APC property following the court judgement.
State Publicity Secretary of APC, Cajethan Duke while reacting to the incidence said, the state government is responsible for the latest development.
Duke explained that they are being proactive, as the policemen were invited to forestall a possible breakdown of law and order within the party secretariat.
He said: “We invited the policemen to the Imo APC Secretariat for security purposes. We heard yesterday, on good authority that some people were mobilizing thugs to attack our facility, so we have to be proactive and protect the environment.
“The former Governor, Rochas Okorocha and his ally, Dan Nwafor are just trying to create attention and confusion where there is none. One million Okorocha’s can not truncate that Supreme Court case. It’s only God, because the Supreme Court judgment was clear and not ambiguous.
“The document reinstating Nwafor was fraudulent and should not attract the attention of any serious minded-person, not to talk of the Inspector General of Police or any organisation.
“The said letter is not only fake and misleading, but it is also a dramatized case of forgery masterminded by an unintelligent desperado.
“It is important to state that there was nothing in the majority judgement delivered by the Supreme Court on Friday, May 27, 2022, in the case between APC vs Evans Enwerem & 2 others SC/CV/884/2020 that confers any recognition and legitimacy on Dan Nwafor and his co travelers. The judgement remains unambiguous and clear.”