Igbo leader, Chief Chekwas Okorie, has dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC for the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA.
The Founding National Chairman of APGA made the announcement on Wednesday in Enugu at an event attended by members of the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party.
Okorie made it known that he had officially resigned as a member of the APC and registered as an APGA member in his ward.
ATTENTION: Click “HERE” to join our WhatsApp group and receive News updates directly on your WhatsApp!
This is coming following consultations after the APGA NWC led by Chief Edozie Njoku visited Okorie few days ago and apologized for the injustice meted on him.
Speaking at the event, the decampee said APGA had remained the only truly progressive party in Nigeria, stressing that “Nigeria has come to a point where the social contract of political parties with the people need to be interrogated.”
He added: “We struggled for eight years to save the soul of the party but the INEC did a lot of summersaults on APGA matters.
“When we left to form the United Progressives Party, UPP, it was with a heavy heart, that was in 2012 but we had no choice.
“In 2020, we decided to try our hand with the ruling party, APC, though it was a difficult decision.
“At the end of the day, we were not comfortable in APC, there was pressure from everywhere that we should return to APGA. I said to myself that we cannot return from the backyard.
“When the Supreme Court affirmed Chief Edozie Njoju as the authentic chairman of APGA, his first point of call was here, and the appeal was strong.
“The apology was accepted and I have consulted, and my associates said it’s a good step to take.”
Also Read: Omokri Backs Buhari To Choose APC’s Presidential Candidate
Okorie declared that, “I Chief Chekwas Okorie, with all my associates, we have today formally returned to APGA under the leadership of Chief Edozie Njoku.
“I will join him in preaching unity and healing of wounds. We will take steps to facilitate this peace, we will take steps to meet Anambra Governor, he needs us and we need him. If PDP and APC overrun him in 2023, he will be in trouble.
Leave a comment