Umeh pressurized to merge APGA into PDP —APC …My suspension from APGA irrelevant, of no effect – Okorocha The All Progressive Congress, APC, weekend, said the national chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Umeh, has capitulated to pressures from Governor Peter Obi to merge APGA into the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Leaders of the South East zone of the APC at an emergency meeting in Enugu, said the final indication of the capitulation was the suspension of Governor Rochas Okorocha from APGA on the basis of his association with the APC. This came as Imo State governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, lambasted the leadership of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for suspending him from the party. The APC said Governor Obi had taken opportunity of the death of the former APGA national leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, to now fast-track the integration of APGA into the PDP. A resolution of the meeting signed by the APC South East Publicity Secretary, Osita Okechukwu, said the first phase of the merger was when APGA leaders at the South East zonal rally of the PDP prior to the 2011 election, publicly declared support for the PDP presidential candidate. Okechukwu said: “With the exit of Dim Emeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, Dikedioramma Ndigbo, Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State commenced the final phase of the merger. “We regret that APGA national chairman, Chief Victor Umeh, who fought gallantly against this unholy merger, capitulated lately”. The APC noted the consistent failure of the PDP’s administration to address the infrastructure deficit in the South East zone, despite the support of the people in the 2011 election. He added that: “To worsen matters President Jonathan whom Ndigbo took as their own and voted massively for; could not find it worthy to assign Ndigbo to any of the four top positions, president, vice president, senate president and speaker. “Handy with these PDP failed promises, Governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha, Dr Ogbonniya Onu, Senator Chris Ngige and other eminent sons of Ndigbo said, “Enough is Enough” and joined APC”. Meanwhile, Governor Rochas Okorocha, has taken a swipe at APGA over his suspension from the party. The governor’s position was not only made public by his media aide and former Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Chinedu Offor, but had also continued to be aired at intervals by the state radio and television outfits. According to the statement, the governor described his suspension as “irrelevant and of no effect.” Okorocha said his suspension from the party came from “the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led All Progressives Grand Alliance.” According to the statement, Okorocha is currently in the United States of America for a town hall meeting organised by Imo indigenes resident in Atlanta, Georgia. Okorocha, who appeared not perturbed by his suspension from APGA, however, urged the people to remain calm and law abiding. Vanguard recalls that Okorocha had, before the eventual registration of the All Progressives Congress, APC, been playing very active roles in the discussions preceding the registration. Concerned citizens in the state have been wondering what would become of the governor’s fate, especially as the Victor Umeh-led APGA was eventually not named as one of the parties that fused into APC. -VANGUARD NEWS
Posted on: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 19:45:15 +0000
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