The crisis rocking the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)
yesterday took another dimension as the first son of late leader of the
party, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Chief Emeka Ojukwu (Jnr.)
accused Governor Peter Obi of betraying the Ikemba Nnewi after death.
Ojukwu (Jnr.), who was addressing the Nnewi North chapter of APGA,
also alleged that while pockets of crisis in APGA lingered on when his
father was alive, the late Igbo leader did all he could to resolve the
problem only for Obi to upturn the ideologies and ambitions of the party
as pronounced by Ikemba before his death.
He said Obi personalized the party and annihilated the real
grassroots’ members of the party only to bring in strangers who he
wanted to do his bidding hence running the party the way he wanted and
derailing it.
On why he left Obi’s government, Ojukwu (Jnr.) said: “I resigned as
commissioner in Governor Peter Obi’s government and some people felt
that I should not do that. Today those people have vindicated me. There
were several irregularities that I saw then that made me leave the
government of Peter Obi.
“What my father had in mind for APGA is not what is happening now.
Ezeigbo had a vision of a party like APGA, which is poised towards
accommodating all and sundry and giving Ndigbo a voice in the commity of
states.
But when my father died, Governor Peter Obi chose to carry out his own agenda to the detriment of the party.
“May be he was waiting for my father to die so that he can take APGA
to where he wants and do with it what pleases him. Today we have crisis
that is man made and it all boils down to who will succeed him. But he
failed to carry the members along and that is why we are in this
situation.”
On the crisis between National Chairman, Victor Umeh and Governor Obi
he said Victor Umeh had continued to fight and protect all that his
late father planned and anticipated for APGA.
“Victor Umeh has been a steadfast fighter for APGA and for the Igbo
couse. He risked his life, spent his money and invested his time for
APGA. Without Victor Umeh, Mr. Peter Obi would never be governor in the
first term, talkless of a second tenure.
“The matters we have in court are of no use. It is only man made and
last time at the Federal High Court Awka, some people were deceived into
believing that the court order will be quashed. But they forget that it
is a legal matter and it does not follow that way.
“Ironically it is in the same court chambers that Victor Umeh
defended and fought for the mandate of Mr. Peter Obi, what an irony.
“I wish to urge all APGA members to discountenance all the stories
and false allegations being peddled by the governor about Victor Umeh
and APGA and I assure you all that in no distant time all the crises
will be over and not even Peter Obi can stop our party in 2014
election.”
source: the sun
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