Anambra PDP excos, supporters decamp to APGA

Blame internal wranglings, instability

The membership rank of the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra State has continued to swell, as key and critical stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anaocha Local Government Area of the state have dumped PD for APGA.

These stakeholders led by a former presidential aide/campaign strategist, Chief Barr Ugochukwu Adilieje were received into APGA weekend by the Anambra State chairman, Barr Ifeatu Obi-Okoye.

They had blamed persistent instability and internal wranglings for their departure, which they disclosed may persist.

Receiving them former at the APGA Secretariat in Awka, the state capital, Obi- Okoye commended them for “returning home” to join a moving train.

He said that APGA was set to retire some generation of politicians in the state, especially in Anaocha Council area.

The state chairman described Chief Adilieje, the other stakeholders and their teeming supporters as wise and noble for choosing to come back home to their base to support the good works of Gov Chukwuma Soludo in the state.

He told them that they were in the right party noting that Gov Soludo was at a time, a PDP governorship candidate and that the Special Adviser to Gov Soludo on Political Matters, Dr Alex Obiogbolu used to be ‘Oganiru PDP’.

He noted that even he (Obiogbolu) was a former Chairman of the PDP in Anambra State, before moving to APGA where he has served as a Special Adviser to the Governor, National Publicity Secretary of the party and now the Anambra State Chairman.

According to him, APGA at the moment was an amalgam of old PDP and APGA and that APGA is always open to receive more new comers.

Obi-Okoye encouraged everyone contemplating coming into APGA to note that there was no form of segregation or discrimination against new or old members in the APGA family.

Everyone, he stated was equal and share equal rights and privileges.

While commending the new members, the state chairman noted that the former PDP stakeholders came into APGA at the highest level in the state.

He said: “All of us will grow this party and make it bigger. By your performance, you will rise to unimaginable levels.”

Chief Adilieje who was a former Anambra State officer of the PDP but now in APGA pointed out that he along with others were moved to join APGA because of the superlative five-star performance of Gov Soludo that every fair-minded citizen acknowledge.

“Hence, we must identify with him.

“Today, we now have a State Capital that is truly a capital, the abandoned Government House is nearing completion, and so are many other signature projects.

“He is working on roads, empowering the schools, hospitals and so on.”

Chief Barr Adilieje commended Gov Soludo for the new security outfit he introduced noting that it was indeed a welcomed development.

He stressed that one can now sleep with two eyes closed.

He pledged their commitment to working with him to achieve all he set out to do in the interest of Anambra citizens.

Their reception was followed by songs, dances and entertainment.

From Chuks Collins, Awka

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