The crisis plaguing the All Progressive Grand Alliance(APGA) party appears t o be turning a new corner. Information available to 247ureports.com indicates that the APGA national convention slated to hold on Monday April 8th 2013 will hold on Sunday April 7th at 11:30 pm at the woman’s development center in Anambra state.
According to the information received, the national APGA convention under the faction led by governor peter obi had to shift the convention from Monday to midnight Sunday to avert anticipated court judgment that may come on Monday April 8th 2013.
The national factional chairman of APGA chief victor Umeh who had been expelled from the party by a court judgment from an Enugu court is said to have filled an appeal to against expulsion- at a higher court in Enugu. According to the Anambra state APGA chairman, Chief Mike Kwento the planned convention is illegal and unnecessary because ‘our’ tenure has not expired. he explains that APGA held a national convention two years ago-of which governor Peter Obi was in attendance along with Bianca Ojukwu. at the said convention the current national exco was re-elected for another four years tenure. The four years tenure has not expired.
The state chairman continues to state that the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) did not sanction the said convention. but the Peter Obi led faction of APGA stated that state chairman was wrong. According to the national chairman of the Peter Obi led chapter of APGA chief Maxi Okwu, INEC has given us clearance to conduct a national convention (see INEC letter below). INEC has already agreed to monitor the convention. Chief Okwu also pointed at Kwento as a political parasite who does not know which side of the aisle he belongs.
In talking to Mike Kwento, 247ureports.com learnt that the convention may not be ‘the’ convention expected by majority of APGA members. He adds that no congresses were held in the 36 states of the nation and that the convention has become a criminal event that Peter Obi led APGA he claims had gone to hire rented crowds to serve as delegates from the 36 states. Printed t-shirts bearing logos like ‘delegates from kano, borno, kastina, Bayelsa, etc’ will be distributed to the rented crowd- and then they will serve as delegates for the 36 states.
Maxi Okwu has however denied Kwento’s allegations.
Maxi Okwu is expected to be elected the new national chairman of the peter obi led version of APGA
