Confusion Over APGA Congress Results One week

Controversies continue to trail the recently held ward congress of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), in Anambra state, as the results of the congress which took place on Tuesday November 25 and Thursday, November 27, 2014, are yet to be made public.

Sources in Awka, Anambra state, disclosed that in spite of the fact that that the governor of the state, Chief Willie Obiano, sent serving Commissioners to act as returning officers to the congress, the governor appeared not to be satisfied with the outcome of the congress, which observers say represent the will of the people in the various wards in the state.

Therefore in an apparent move to subvert the will of the people in favour of the governor's cronies, the Aguleri born governor, relocated to his village with the state chairman of APGA, Chief Kwento, armed with the delegate list, with obvious intention to doctor the list against certain candidates which include Dubem Obaze, Mike Are, Maja Umeh, Victor Afam Ogene among several others who are contesting against the governor's friends.

For instance, in Anambra South Senatorial District, the Governor Obiano has allegedly instructed that the list be doctored in favour of Chief Ernest Ndukwe, former boss of the National Communication Commission (NCC), thereby shutting out Maja Umeh, Mike Are and others.

While in Anambra North where the governor hails from, Patrick Obianwu has been penciled down over Dubem Obaze for the senatorial slot.

Obaze, who was a Commissioner in Governor Obi's government in Anambra, was also Obiano's director of campaign before his election.

In Ogbaru Federal Constituency, Obiano is said to have given instruction the list should be doctored in favour of the Speaker Anambra state House of Assembly, Princess Chinwe Nwaebili, who is reported to be 'very close' to the governor, against the representative of constituency in the House of Representative, Hon. Ogene.

Many also attribute Obiano's interest in Speaker Nwaebili to the rumours of impeachment threat against him by the assembly which she is the lead.

In Anambra East/West, Hon Chriscato Amake is getting the ticket while Tabansi-Okoye is going to have that of Onitsha.

This obvious subversion of internal democracy is taking place in Aguleri under the watch of Governor Obiano and the APGA state chairman, Kwento behind the national chairman of the party, Chief Victor Umeh, who is in Abuja and even the national official of the party who were sent to Anambra to supervise the process.

These representatives of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party are still holed up in Awka as they are yet to receive the 'authentic' list of delegates that will vote in the primaries scheduled to hold on Thursday, December 4, 2014.

The question is, can APGA survive some of these impositions? Since we understand that most of the candidates they are positioning are not likely to win election.

Written by Ikechukwu Emeka Onyi for elombah