Elders and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State have appealed to the party’s national leadership under Senator Abdullahi Adamu to intervene and remove the Ugo Agballah led leadership of the party in Enugu so as to avoid an implosion and total collapse of the party in the State.
The leaders who addressed reporters at the APC National Secretariat on Tuesday, in Abuja also urged the party to put in place a caretaker committee to superintend the APC in Enugu to bolster it’s performance during the forthcoming 2023 general election or go into oblivion.
In a strong worded petition they sent to the national chairman the leaders accused Ugo Agballah of rubbishing efforts made over time to grow the party in the state by sidelining well-meaning members and leaders of APC in Enugu State, noting that the APC Chairman has systematically dismantle the core of APC in Enugu, warning that unless present trend is reversed the party will regret in 2023.
The leaders said they allowed the sleeping dog lie when it became evident that Agballah was out to running an inclusive administration but cannot continue to keep mute in the face of tyranny.
“The Chairman may wish to recall that as Chairman of All Progressive Congress National Peace and Reconciliation Committee that H.E Sallivan Chime, immediate past Governor of Enugu State had led a protest of stakeholders/elders of Enugu State All Progressive Congress Chapter against the emergence of Ugo Agaballah as State Chairman on two grounds:1) Non-membership of Ugo Agballah and 2) Controversial and irregular process of Ugo Agballah’s emergence as State Chairman.
Among the petitioners include:
Sen. Ken Nnamani Former President of the Senate ,Mr. Geofrey Onyeama Hon. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sullivan.1. Chime, the immediate Past Governor of Enugu State, General JOJ Okoloagu Board Member NDIC, Police Service Commission/ Former Secretary to State Government, Enugu State, Sen. Ayogu Eze Board Member NPA & Former APC Guber Candidate Enugu State, Chief Gbazuagu Nweke Gbazuagu Top Rank APC Chieftain/ Former National Secretary UNCP, Barr. Eugene Odo, dormer Rt. Hon Speaker, Enugu State ,”Barr. Ifeanyi Nwoga Former Attorney General, Enugu State” Chief Onyemuche Nnamani Member South East, Mr. Osita Okechukwu Director General, Voice of Nigeria.
“The Party is imploding and on the brink of imminent collapse. It is in no position as things stand, to be competitive in the General Elections. The leaders now believe that a radical solution is called for to save the State Party from total collapse and disgrace in the State”.
Source: Independent.ng