The United Progressive Party on Friday said it had merged with the All Progressives Congress.
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A member of the House of Representatives, Tony Nwulu, says he has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) due to “irreconcilable conflicts in the party”.
Addressing the press on Sunday in Abuja, the movement’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Nasser Kura, said talks with Labour Party, LP, Action Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party and United Progressive Party among others in the proposed alliance for the 2019 elections will be finalised in Abuja on Tuesday with the adoption of an anchoring party.”
Chidoka left the party shortly before last governorship election in the state
The youth groups, who visited Chidoka in his Obosi home on Thursday under the aegis of G32, said the release of the tricycle operators was direct fallout of his outspokenness and the immediate demand by the UPP for the whereabouts of the victims of the clash.
It will be recalled that Uwakwe, the Chairman of Owerre Ezukala Ward 1, died during the accreditation exercise of the primary election of the party on Aug. 19.
The former Aviation Minister, who was accompanied by a large crowd of political associates and supporters, including women, youth and professional groups, went to the National Secretariat of the UPP in Abuja, where he was received by the National Chairman, Chekwas Okorie, and other top party functionaries.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Ogbuehi Dike, who made this known, told the News Agency of Nigeria that each aspirant would also pay N500,000 for “Expression of Interest Form”.
Speaking on Monday while commissioning his campaign offices in Ihiala and Ekwusigo Local Government, Chidoka lamented the level of neglect suffered by the masses in the areas and vowed to ensure fast-tracked interventions through accelerated development, adequate government presence and equal representation of the areas in the government.
The Chairman of the UPP harmonisation committee, Chief Chris Uche, said at a meeting in Enugu that the exercise became necessary to forestall mutual suspicion between the founding members of the party
Okonkwo said this on Thursday at the inauguration of the Nigeria Union of Journalists Correspondents’ Chapel new secretariat in Enugu
The Chairman of the party in Anambra State, Dr. Sylvester Igwilo, made the call while addressing members of some Biafra support groups, who met with UPP’s State Working Committee in Awka on Sunday
In a statement signed by it National Publicity Secretary Chief Ogbuehi Dike, the UPP said it believes that the coming together of political parties to form a joint party for a common objective and for electoral advantage is a welcome and healthy development