Nigerians Please Tell Soludo To Allow APGA Breath – Chekwas Okorie

The Chairman, Board of Trustees, (BoT) of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chekwas Okorie, has accused the governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo of feeding the public with mischievous and misleading propaganda against the National Chairman of the party, Edozie Njoku.

He warned that the governor’s campaign of lies would not yield fruit.

Speaking via a statement, Okorie claimed that Soludo has continued to cause problems in the party in spite of the verifiable fact that the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) had since complied with the judgment of the Supreme Court delivered on the 23rd of March 2023, which affirmed Njoku as the duly elected chairman of the party.

His statement read in part, “These purveyors of the false narrative have variously stated that APGA was not a party to the suit at the Supreme Court and that Chief Edozie Njoku was not affirmed the national chairman of the party

“It is to be emphasized that the erroneous judgment of 14th October 2021 has since been discarded and has ceased to exist in the records of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

“It is this judgment that the FCT High Court 40, Bwari enforced in its well-considered judgment delivered on 6th June 2023, which specifically affirmed Chief Edozie Njoku as the National Chairman of APG

“It is this same APGA that Governor Chukwuma Soludo appointed his Special Assistant called Sly Ezeonwuka and foisted him as the national chairman of the party in an illegal convention nullified by a court of competent jurisdiction and affirmed by the Court of Appeal.

“This is a clear case of executive rascality by a governor who swore to an oath of office to uphold the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the rule of law

In about 20 out of 22 years of the existence of APGA, all national activities of the party were held at Awka, Anambra State. Over 60% of the National Working Committee of the party comes from Anambra State.

“INEC which has the statutory mandate to ensure that political parties observed Federal Character in its leadership structure as clearly stated in the Electoral Act turned the other face until recently that Daniel has come to judgment in the person of Chief Edozie Njoku as National Chairman.

“Nigerians who are lovers of democracy should join to admonish Governor Soludo of Anambra State to allow APGA to breathe.”