Ahead of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Wednesday
12th November, 2014 statewide
ward congresses in Anambra state, crisis has erupted in Anaocha local government
area over the alleged allocation of the 60 delegates forms to the members
representing Anaocha 1 , Hon Ebere Ejioffor and Anaocha 2 Hon Anslem Dunu in
the Anambra state House of Assembly.
The forms odogwublog.com gathered was sold out
allegedly to the two House members for N10 million as each paid N5 Million to
the Anaocha local government chairman of APGA , Sir Ifeanyi Orji-Ugwuafuluego .
The APGA local government chairman was also quoted as allegedly telling other
local government chairmen of the party that the state party leadership has accepted
Anaocha candidates Hon Ejioffor and Hon Dunu even when congresses are yet to
hold.
But members of APGA and youths supposedly delegates
for the Wednesday ward congress in Anaocha council area protested the injustice
to them, calling on the National and state leadership of APGA to remove Sir Ifeanyi Orji-Ugwuafuluego from presiding over
the congress in Anaocha as APGA chairman as he has been compromised by the
House members.
Spokesperson of the protesting delegates, Chukwudi
Nnoruga from Nwanchi village Agulu ward 4, lamented that they are aggrieved for
the lack of transparency and monetary inducement allegedly by members of the
House of Assembly to the local government APGA chairman who suppose to be a
just and fair umpire for all the about 14 contestants in Anaocha 1 and 2 state
constituency.
Nnoruga called on the state Executive and National executive
of APGA to remove the APGA local government chairman Sir Ifeanyi
Orji-Ugwuafuluego from conducting the ward congresses as he has compromised his
integrity by collecting N5 Million each from Hon Ebele Ejioffor , Anaocha
constituency 1 and Hon Anslem Dunu Anaocha constituency 2.
Nnoruga informed that he came to purchase his
delegates form for N5, 000 as stipulated by the party but was surprised when he
was told the forms have finished and as a good party man he knew when the forms
arrived and should not have been finished, so he decided to investigate by
calling all concerned only to be told the bitter truth in most unfortunate
manner hence he decided to make it a public discourse for corrective measures
by party leadership to avoid falsehood standing.
He further said the delegates will not accept anything
short of making sure the state removes the local government chairman and puts
an interim man to conduct the congress wondering why he should be
disenfranchised from the congress. He insisted that the congress will throw up
any good candidate and therefore should not be a do or die affair by incumbent
since they claimed they have been doing well in the House.
His words ,’’ In Anaocha constituency 1 alone , we
have about seven candidates who are contesting including Br Anny Ilo-Okoye from
my ward , Njideka Oraedum of ASWAMA
fame, Br Obiadi Ndubuisi, Br Emeka Okeke and Comrade Azubuike Okoye as
well as the incumbent Hon Ebere Ejioffor who now allegedly offered the party Chairman
N5 million to hand him over the 30 delegates forms against the others
contesting with him. Is that fair? Is it just and what is he trying to portray APGA
as? This won’t hold and I am sure the
APGA leadership at the National and state level won’t allow this nonsense to
hold.
‘’And in constituency 2 , about 7 of them too are contesting
including Ogbuefi n’Ukoefi and Anslem Dunu among others . The question is why
handing over congress forms for the 30 delegates also to Hon Dunu Anslem for N5
million against others. That’s unfair and anti party from the chairman of APGA
in the local government. I am disappointed by that his attitude.
‘’Before now Hon Ejiffor has been interfering with
ward leaders of the party changing them at will without recourse to party
constitution for his selfish reasons which we now know but it won’t work for
him this time around. He has changed Adazi Nnukwu ward 2, Adazi-Ani ward 1 and
Agulu ward 4 among others.
‘’ And it pained me that the lawmakers especially
Ejioffor is boosting that they have been already elected when the congress is
yet to hold and we are serious in saying that Ifeanyi Orji-Ugwuafuluego must
step down for the congress or it would not hold in Anaocha. The 60 forms sold
out must be produced for the delegates to buy them as stipulated and not the
way it was handed over to two members at N5 million each.
Odogwublog.com
made
attempts to get either the APGA chairman in Anaocha or the House of Assembly
members for their reaction to the allegation from a delegate who appears to be
talking authoritatively but poor network could not get through as at press
time.
And those mentioned to be contesting the election
either refused to pick their phones or refused to speak with odogwublog.com
on the topic for fear of the unknown but their probing questions confirmed most
of them are not happy with the development but were only waiting to be sure it happened
as speculated by the delegates before commenting.
APGA congress: APGA Members Protest in Anaocha Over sell of delegates forms for N10 Million
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