Deputy Chairman, Media and Public Affairs Committee, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Mr Victor Afam Ogene, has faulted Senator Annie Okonkwo’s statement that ‘APGA is dead.’ He said the comment credited to the senator was ‘demeaning’ and ‘disrespectful’ to the party, describing him as a fair weather politician.
In a statement made available to Daily Sun yesterday, Ogene said Senator Okonkwo and his political allies were free to join any party of their choice but they should be civil enough not to denigrate APGA or deceive people into believing that they were representatives of the party. “
The unfortunate and ill-conceived comment coming so soon after Senator Okonkwo and a few fair weather politicians misled the public into believing that they were representing the APGA is one slip too many-an unfortunate adventurism, which must be put to a final stop,” he said. Ogene said Governor Peter Obi remains the national leader of the party.
He explained that the last court judgment didn’t roll any stone over the party, as the office of the national chairman remains distinct from that of the party leader. Hear him: “President Goodluck Jonathan is the national leader of the PDP, while Alhaji Bamanga Tukur is its national chairman. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is national leader of ACN, while Chief Bisi Akande is its national chairman.
Governor Olusegun Mimko is national leader of Labour Party (LP), while Chief Dan Nwanyanwu is its national chairman.” Ogene noted that as a democrat he had nothing against merger of willing political parties with the aspiration of becoming stronger in their quest for political power.
He said APGA, as a political party, also has the right to decide to remain independent, while striving to expand its reach in its area of dominance without necessarily losing its treasured identity to a beclouded future. “Indeed, like many other true disciples of APGA, I am at a loss why Senator Okonkwo is interested in the ‘funeral’ of a party he neither nurtured nor added any value to.
It is also laughable that he and other opportunistic politicians are flirting with the new party because of their erroneous and infantile belief that APC holds the key to the realisation of a ‘President of Igbo extraction,” he added.
SOON APGA SHALL GO THE WAY OF AD,THEN REALTY WILL DONE ON YOU.
Governor holding two positions in your party? It is high time Ibos get it right for once. Stop these your politics of betrayal or else nobody would take your race serious. You still want to continue to be stooge of PDP? Sorry is your case.
Ade,we did not need ur advice,since when did u start loving APGA as Igbo party?fuck u fuck ur race
great talk,APGA should not meger with any paty,the hausa and yoruba are not ready to give a chance,but they want lgbo to surport them for president come 2015,no way.
“I just dey laf”. Its funny. What is progressive about ACN, CPC, ANPP or APC? They are dominated by fanatics and I don’t see them making impact at all. APGA and LP should not join this amalgam of strange bed fellows.
Okonkwo, I urge you to ask Chime what happened to him after he made similar statement. Money monger, for you to support your own race party you rather condemning it. You will soon kpeme and APGA will remain to bury you, big fool.
Wonders shall never end, it is Annie Okonkwo that is dead. He is a moving corpse waiting for interment.
We must not for any reasons wish our fellow human being dead,on account of his/her political leanings.It is sad that Nigerians have imbided the spirit, of the horible Politics of Vendetta or do or die. NDI-IGBO lets stop disperaging our first Elevens in utter of Political expediency. Let eternal Vigilance against our detractors be our collective sloga n/watch word.PARTIES WILL COME AND GO,but the Ibo race shall out live all of us.We must all watch our commen ts against ourselves. NDI-IGBO be told that other Nigerians are wathing us with kin/ studied interest.Let all and sundry sheat our swords against our existence as a people.
You should have spoken in igbo lang,. if truly you are addressing the igbo nation.