By Okey Maduforo Awka.
The lingering crisis over the conduct of the ward , local government and state congresses of the All Progressives Congress APC is deeping following the endorsement of the current Chairman Chief Basil Ejidike for another tenure in office.
Recall that last week some members of the party had alleged that the Congresses have been hijacked by some leaders of the party accusing them of trying to impose the current Chairman on the party without the due processes of conducting Congress.
According to the spokesman of the twenty one local government Chairmen in Awka ,Mr Frank Ndibe Chairman All Progressives Congress APC in Awka South local government area ”
“The National working Committee of the APC in Abuja had sat and have agreed there shall be what they called consensus in every aspect of the party from the National to the state , local government and wards and we have done the first and second phase and today by Match 3rd we shall now get into that of the state and we are here to thank the National Working Committee for their commitment to peace and progress of our party and we are also here to thank the state officers of the party in Anambra state for making sure that the decisions taken in the interest of peace are being applies”
“We have come to endorse the working Chairman of Anambra state APC Chief Sir Basil Ejidike who has tirelessly worked to bring this party to limelight from the slump”
“You can bear me witness that before now APC was a mockery but today APC is a thing of pride and a thing of honor and people can now happily join the party against what it used to be on the past ”
“That is why we have gathered to key into the position of the National Working Committee of the party”
“The committee has studied the way things are in the party and have decided to bring peace into the party”
“The Committee have also told us at the state level to go home and use consensus to settle issues and bring peace to the party”
Ndibe however noted that their position doesn’t stop other contestants fro taking part in the state Congress adding but was quick to add that with the Chairmen standing behind Ejidike other contestants do not stand any chance.
He also noted that the position of the the National Working Committee is in the interest of the party at the state level noting that it would be against the peace in the party for people to work against it .
“We are not endorsing Basil Ejidike because we are afraid of anyone or the contestants everyone is entitled to his or her ambition and ambition is free and anybody is free to contest but what we are saying doesn’t ressuratte from Basil Ejidike position and we are not being sponsored so if people feel going against the decision of the National Working Committee there would not be war fair and the are free to contest and we are not seeing anybody as threat”
“If the twenty one local government area chairmen can take this decision I don’t know where the other contests get people to vote for them” he concluded.
