By Cajetan Mmuta
Former National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Chairmanship candidate of the party in Anambra State, Barrister Ifeatu Obi Okoye has disclosed that the party lost over N100 million to litigations and anti-party activities.
Okoye stated this on Tuesday during an interview with journalists in Awka.
He said it was immoral and shameless on the part of those erring members to present themselves to contest any position during this week’s Saturday State Congress.
Okoye, who is a frontline candidate for the Chairmanship seat in the state said, “You know that at the emergence of our governor, Prof Charles Soludo as the candidate of our party in the said primary election, one Chuma Umeorji led his group to challenge the outcome of the primary at the Federal High Court, up to the Appeal and Supreme Courts”
He said, “Our party spent well over N100 million going from one court in Jigawa to the Kano High Courts and the Supreme Court and these same persons are presenting themselves for the elective positions in this Congress”
According to him, “Our party will not tolerate rascality and disloyalty anymore and this party must instill discipline and loyalty at all times. It is immoral and shameless for them to come out and contest because the party is not taking kindly to what happened as at then”
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He explained that he is in the race for the Chairmanship position of the party in the state because of his experience in party politics and also to restore hope and confidence among members.
Okoye said that there is a need for the party to set up a properly constituted Peace and Reconciliation Committee to look into all pockets of grievances among members and also fashion out modalities for harmonization.
“We are talking about a State Chairman that understands the trappings of APGA politics and one that would ensure that the party is well positioned before the next gubernatorial election and there is the need for us to set up a well-constituted Peace and Reconciliation Committee to look into those pockets of grievances and find a way to resolve them and instil hope and confidence among members” he stated.
