He said the PDP was in the governorship race to take over the governance of the state, adding: “The message remains that voters should vote for PDP at the November 16 election”
Browsing: APGA
In a motion filed before a High Court in Enugu, the party sought the suspension of the November 2 council poll in the state following the disqualification of some its candidates from the elections
Obidigbo told newsmen in Awka, the Anambra State capital, on Sunday that INEC showed partiality by listing Chief Willie Obiano, who belonged to the faction led by Chief Victor Umeh as its recongised candidate for the election
Uduaghan relieved him of his appointment three years ago in a letter routed via the office of the Secretary to the State Government for undisclosed reasons
Commending the delegates for their large turnout, Okwu expressed the confidence that the flag bearer would win the governorship election on November 16 in the state
This idea of some low minded Governors looking for chipmunk surrogates to replace them and cover their shameful tracks after exit from office must be resisted by all well meaning democrats, beginning with the Anambra State November 16th election
Kwentor told the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka on Saturday that the action of the screening committee was in line with the party’s constitution
Akoma said any peace deal struck by any party that does not address the party’s internal problems “will only succeed in exposing the party to failure as it will prepare the ground for other parties to benefit from APGA’s misfortune
Akoma said in the statement: “The Commission has continued to rely on court rulings which in anyway do not impinge on its functions to shy away from its constitutional roles in the matter concerning APGA
The electoral body, the party said in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Bernard Akoma, rather than step out boldly to perform its constitutional functions of monitoring internal democratic mechanisms of political parties, has pretended in the case of APGA and instead decided to take side with a faction of the party in order to keep the party in perpetual crisis
He said: “As I was waiting for my friend, a tall, young man with a Kalashinov gun approached me and as I asked him what the problem was, a short fellow appeared from nowhere and brandished a pistol
The defendants are the Independent National Electoral Commission, the Inspector-General of Police, the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, APGA, Okwu and Okoye
But a few hours after the election, reports filtered in that the Enugu Division of the Court of Appeal has acceded to the request of Umeh for a stay of execution of the judgment dismissing him as the chairman of APGA
This position was taken by a pro-democracy and development focused Non-Governmental Organisation, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, and the United Kingdom chapter of the All Progressives Grand Alliance