The disaster rocking the Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) worsened over the weekend when the founders of the get together handed a vote of no confidence towards the chairman of the get together, Ugochukwu Agballah.
They stated they weren’t proud of the way in which Agballah was main the get together, and lamented that lots of those that based the get together within the state have been suspended and expelled.
The stakeholders, who held a unification assembly in Enugu, nevertheless, handed a vote of confidence towards President Bola Tinubu, the Nationwide Chairman of the get together, Abdullahi Ganduje and the Federal Commissioner representing Enugu State within the Federal Character Fee (FCC), Ginika Tor. their dedication to shifting the get together ahead.
Through the assembly themed 'Uniting the Get together in Help of Tinubu/Shettima's Renewed Hope Agenda', members recalled how the get together was fueled by these unconstitutionally suspended by Agballah to a degree the place it grew to become enticing to all .
Stakeholders on the assembly organized underneath the auspices of the APC Constituency Platform expressed deep concern that the Agballah-led authorities, as an alternative of deepening the get together, was solely fascinated about suspending members based mostly on frivolous expenses.
“Basis members corresponding to former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, ex-Governor Sullivan Chime, ex-state chairman, Dr. Ben Nwoye, former Director Basic of Voice of Nigeria, VON, Osita Okechukwu, former Speaker of Enugu State of Meeting, Eugene Odoh and not too long ago Ginika Tor have been reportedly suspended for nothing,” they stated
Addressing stakeholders, Tor had expressed dismay that APC was but to be taught from its quite a few poor performances throughout the state.
Describing Enugu APC underneath Agballah as a “suspension get together,” she stated they’d not fold their arms and watch “foreigners who joined their group from different political events destroy the APC by way of unlawful suspensions and different anti- member actions'.
She stated, “We should come again and take possession of our property. We shouldn’t be discouraged by the actions of those that are at the moment working the affairs of the get together and who don’t want the get together any success; now we have to say sufficient is sufficient. How can somebody who claims to want the get together properly proceed to droop individuals who have labored for the get together,” she puzzled.
The previous chairman of the get together, Ben Nwoye, stated it was unthinkable that anybody would announce the suspension of such quite a lot of huge wigs in a political get together.
He condemned in its entirety the concept of working the affairs of the get together as a personal enterprise by the incumbent chairman, calling on the real members of the get together to return again and rebuild their political home.
He famous that the vote of no confidence had proven that each one was not properly with the get together within the state and that pressing intervention from the Nationwide Secretariat was wanted to salvage the state of affairs, stressing that the one jealous APC is in a laughing inventory modified.