As Soludo Accuses Past Leadership Of Trading With Party since 2002
By Okey Maduforo Awka .
Ahead of the 2026 primary elections the All Progressives Grand Alliance ( APGA) has handed down eleven point Code Of Conduct to aspirants and officials of the party.
Handing down the Commandments, the National Chairman of APGA Barr Sylvester Ezeokenwa during the first ever South East stakeholders meeting of the party in Awka Anambra since the registration of the party , explained that these are aimed at ensuring transperency , equity and internal democracy in the party.
Ezeokenwa announced that the mode for the 2026 primary elections in 2026 is option A 4 which is open secret balloting.
This is coming as Governor Charles Soludo has described the stunted growth of the party since creation in 2002 on past leaderships that used the party to do business by ripping off aspirants during primary elections.
According to Ezeokenwa; “in the past APGA has been faced with so many challenges and problems arising from primary elections and this has been the bane of the party and that explains why we have these rules and regulations”
“Party officials from the wards to the states and local government area as well as the National level have been banned from wearing the campaign cloths or gifts of any aspirant”
“Also no more payment for nomination forms but only expression of interest fees and after screening process and you emerge then you pay for nomination forms”
“Party officials are not allowed to attend endorsement and declaration meetings of aspirant and the meeting must not be in a private residence but at the party office ”
“No party officials are allowed to endorse any aspirant and if an official is so passionate about an aspirant he should temporarily hand over to the next one charge ”
Ezeokenwa also announced that the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party also banned aspirants from sharing money during primary elections and that may lead to disqualification .
“The presentation of money for kola nut and sharing of gift by aspirants have also been banned ” he said.
Speaking at the meeting Governor Charles Soludo stated that the era of marketing or trading with the party have gone adding that the bane of the party’s growth since it’s registration is the role of past leaderships of the party who used it to trade to the detriment of the party.
“How can you fund the party when the party has no pouse and the treasure and financial Secretary of the party do not keep money because whatever money that gets into the party is shared ”
“Why the party has not grown is because the past leaderships used the party to do business and use the party to trade and this must stop ”
“We must go back to the drawing board and find out what went wrong and be accountable to the party”
“Our tickets are not for sale and we are rebuilding the party to what a political party should be and not a party for trading ”
“We must begin to reward party loyalty because in 2002 thousands of people joined this party but most of them are not with the party “he said.
National Vice Chairman South East of the party during the meeting Chief Augustine Ehiemere lamented that the problems of growth of the party is lack of funding.
“Political activities require logistics. Mobilization requires resources and party administration requires funding without it offices cannot function, mobilization cannot be sustained and campaigns cannot be competitive ”
“Repeat deliberately that because funding is not just a factor,it is a foundation ” he said
