Abia: APGA crisis deepens as Alex Otti-led faction sacks Ehiemere, elects Nkem Okoro as Abia Chairman

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Abia: APGA crisis deepens as Alex Otti-led faction sacks Ehiemere, elects Nkem Okoro as Abia Chairman

 

The Alex Otti-led faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia State, has elected 26-man State Working Committee (SWC) of the party at a well-attended congress held in Umuahia, the Abia state capital.

Alex Otti, was the governorship candidate of APGA during the March 9, 2019 gubernatorial election conducted in the state.

Also elected were, ward Executives, chairmen for the seventeen local government areas of Abia and three zonal vice chairmen of the party.

Hon. Nkem Okoro, emerged the new chairman of APGA in the State, succeeding Reverend Augustine Ehiemere.

Others were, Hon. Elvis Wabara (Deputy chairman), Dr. Onyebuchi Onyegbule (State Secretary), Hon. Ebere Uzokwa (Publicity Secretary), Chief Kalu Okpo Kalu (Vice Chairman Abia North), Mr. Pino Nwagbaso(Vice Chairman (Abia South) and Evang. Innocent Okamgba(Vice Chairman, Abia central).

In his maiden address read by Hon. Nkem Okoro, the new State chairman of APGA, “We wish to ventilate our condemnation in its entirety the brigandage and illegality perpetrated by some usurpers and hoodlums who regrouped and attempted to hijack our great party, apparently to pursue a fraudulent, selfish agenda at the detriment of the ideals of our party as the leading voice of the opposition and the watershed of the democratic struggle to revive the state.

“We wish to announce that the purported exercise and the illegal gathering of some persons at the party’s secretariat on 23rd May, masterminded by the former state chairman, Rev. Augustine Ehiemere and his co-travelers, were nothing but a sham and nullity hence a court of competent jurisdiction declared it null and void.

“In as much we don’t intend to join issues with the former state chairman, Rev. Ehiemere and his sponsors/paymasters, the salient and incontrovertible fact remains that Abia APGA is intact, indivisible and purposeful under the leadership of our amiable and dynamic Governorship candidate, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR and other leaders sharing a common vision of lifting Abia from the doldrums of backwardness and bad governance to the pedestal of good governance and redemptive leadership.

“May we therefore use this medium to pass an implicit vote of confidence on Dr. Alex Otti, OFR for providing the rightful leadership and the wherewithal that politically elevated and sustained Abia APGA as the leading opposition party and the voice of the groaning masses in the state since 2014 till date.

The statement added, “The new and authentic leadership of APGA as presently constituted, hereby declare an unequivocal support and absolute loyalty to Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, the 2019 Abia APGA Governorship Candidate, as he diligently pursues his petition at the Abia Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia; believing strongly the sanctity and impartiality of the judiciary as the last hope of a common man.

“We are equally poised and determined to work on the side of Ndi Abia by resisting through legitimate means any attempt by those ‘hijackers and usurpers’ masquerading as APGA leaders but merely recruited by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Government of Abia State to derail the course of justice in our dear state. Abia, our dear state and God’s Own State, must be liberated”.

Recall that we had in May 23, 2019, reported that Reverend Augustine Ehiemere and Elder Sunday Onukwubiri, were returned as Abia chairman and Secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in a congress held at the State secretariats in Umuahia, the state capital.

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APGA berates members for waging ‘war’ against National chairman, Victor Oye

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APGA berates members for waging ‘war’ against National chairman, Victor Oye

 

The Deputy National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), for South, Engr. Uchenna Okogbuo, has condemned what it described as ongoing campaign of calumny being launched against the national chairman of the party, Chief Victor Ike Oye, by suspended members in some state chapters of the party.

Okogbuo made this known in a statement issued to newsmen in Umuahia, the Abia State capital on Sunday.

He said the alleged onslaught against Oye-led National Working Committee (NWC), was aimed at distracting the party from its core democratic ideologies and principles.

He, however, vowed that no amount of distractions, propaganda and character assassinations will deter the present NWC from its efforts to repositioning the party for future greatness.

The statement read, “Chief Victor Ike Oye as national chairman of APGA is divine and all lovers of the party must stand to condemn in its entirety this distractions from sacked, suspended frustrated and serial politicians without any progressive agenda for APGA. We all need to know that democracy in all contexts must be guided to avoid frivolities, unguarded utterances, distractions, lack of internal discipline and democratic principles, as was characterized into the party in the past.

“The new direction of present leadership of the party is aimed at repositioning our party which our detractors are not comfortable with. Our National Chairman and his loyal team in the National Working Committee(NWC)whose constitutional functions it is to run the day to day activities of the party, has adopted a style of leadership that will instill discipline/democratic principles into the party, because, foolishness abound in the heart of a child, but the wisdom of elders drives them away.

“To save the heart of this great movement, establishment and institution, the leadership of APGA treads with a lot of caution as not to throw away the child with the dirty water, each time we receive frivolous claims about the party, silly behavior, distractive post. Because, we have covenants with the Nigeria masses and not with few disgruntled and never do-well serial politicians jumping from pillar to poles.

“We are convinced in our thoughts and reasoning that we can conquer in our collective projections toward repositioning APGA to an enviable greatness. Let these distractions, divisive tendencies stop. For together we shall be as mighty men. -Zechariah 10:5”.

We reported that a chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the Director of Contact and Mobilization of Alex Otti 2019 Governorship Campaign organization, Chief Nwaka Inem, had taken a swipe at the Victor Oye-led National Working Committee (NWC) of APGA, over the lingering crisis ravaging some state chapters of the party.

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2019 Election: 2 Anambra Lawmakers Dump PDP For APGA

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2019 Election: 2 Anambra Lawmakers Dump PDP For APGA

Two members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday, announced their defection to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

They are Hon. Ben Nwankwo, representing Orumba North/South federal constituency of Anambra State and Hon. Anayo Nnebe, representing Awka North/South federal constituency also from the state.

In their separate letters to the Speaker of the House, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, Nwankwo and Nnebe cited division in the state chapter of the party as the reason for their defection.

However, House Deputy Minority Leader, Hon. Chukwuka Onyema (PDP, Anambra), raised a point of order, insisting that there is currently no factionalisation within the party as claimed by the two lawmakers.

He said the PDP was not bitter over their defection, but warned that they should not create any sense of faction which do not exist.

“We don’t have any crisis of faction in PDP. We are not complaining but don’t create a sense of faction in the party,” Onyeama stated.

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APGA Slams APC Over Attack On Archbishop In Imo State

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APGA Slams APC Over Attack On Archbishop In Imo State

The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has reacted to the attack on Archbishop of Owerri Archdiocese, Anthony Obinna, by members of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Archbishop Obinna was said to have been attacked by members of the APC during a burial ceremony in Imo state during the weekend.

Reacting to the incident, APGA warned the ruling party against bringing mad dogs to church.

In a press statement, signed by its spokesman, Dr. George Nkwoji and made available to newsmen yesterday, in Owerri, APGA said, “It is an abomination to take wild dogs in human flesh, to church. It was sacrilegious to unleash same on a priest while delivering sermon.”

The Imo leadership of APGA described the assault on the revered Archbishop as “despicable and a veritable evidence that the APC-led government in Imo State, has sordid plans for the 2019 general election.”

It added, “As a drowning man, the APC is willing to clutch on anything within it’s reach to remain afloat, including resort to brutality against personal and perceived enemies.

“To have attacked the Archbishop is indeed most unfortunate and intolerable in any civilized clime. Imo people are consequently implored to be on the alert, for such further occurrences.”

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