Fresh crisis may
be brewing in the All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA), as wife of the
former leader of the party, Bianca Ojukwu is up in arms against the National
Chairman of the party, Chief Victor Umeh over the running of the party.
Bianca Ojukwu, who
is Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain and a chieftain of APGA, has recently engaged
in criticism of Chief Umeh and his leadership of the party.
Chief Umeh, who is
set to contest for the senatorial seat in Anambra State in the 2015 elections,
has, however, remained silent probably in respect to the former leader of the
party, late Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu.
While Umeh may
have chosen to be silent on Bianca’s attack on him and the party, APGA’s
woman leader, Ezinne Amaka Agbiogwu has risen stoutly in his defence and asked
Bianca to “keep quiet and face her Ambassadorial assignment, pointing out that
without Chief Umeh there will not anything like APGA in any state by now”
Agbiogwu, in an
interview with selected newsmen in Abuja, wondered why Bianca” who knows next
to nothing about the party, how it has been managed over the years and the
individuals, who have made sacrifices for the growth of the party, will
suddenly be attacking the national chairman”.
The APGA Woman
Leader noted that, “Chief Umeh has demonstrated exemplary leadership and
character that Nigerians are proud of; I wonder who can claim ignorance of what
the man has done, except Bianca.”
She advised Bianca
to “respect Chief Umeh as her national chairman and elder brother, and
appreciate the respect the man accorded our former leader, Dim Ojukwu, her
husband, in life and in death”
Agbiogwu further
stated that “whatever misgivings Bianca has against the national chairman, if
there is any at all, can be addressed without trying to cast aspersion on
the hard earned corporate image of the hard working chairman”
“In any case, if
she has been positioned to pull down our national chairman because of political
reasons, then she has lost it because Indi Igbo and Anambra people love Chief
Umeh and appreciates what he has done for them so far and cannot abandon him
now,” she enthused.
The woman leader
posited that Chief Umeh “has been called by his people to come and represent them
in the Senate, and he is focused on that assignment and will not be distracted
by anybody under any guise.”
She advised Bianca
to “focus on giving Nigeria a positive image in Spain or resign your
Ambassadorial assignment and return home to try your luck in partisan politics
and see whether you can match Chief Umeh’s accomplishments.”
The APGA chieftain
also revealed that, “all the women in the party were solidly behind Chief
Umeh’s senatorial ambition because of his contributions to the party and love for
women development despite the pull-him-down antics of the Bianca.”
“Part of Chief
Umeh’s gender friendly disposition is the waiver given to APGA women to obtain
expression of interest and nomination forms at 50 percent discount from what
the men are paying,” she concluded.
The Nation
APGA Crisis Worsens As Woman Leader Confronts Ojukwu Over Umeh
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