2023: “APGA Crisis Could Mar South East’s Chances, Says Tony Ezekwelu, APGA Vice Chairman |The Source

By Akinwale Kasali

The Vice National Chairman of the All Progresssives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Tony Ezekwelu, has sounded a note of warning to his Party, and the South East over the crisis rocking the Party lately.

He warned that if the crisis is not resolved earnestly, it could Mar the chances of the South East in producing the next President of the Country come 2023.

He stated this when the national leadership of the party, led by Edozie Njoku, paid a condolence visit to a chieftain of the party, Okey Emereonye, at Aboh Mbaise,  Imo State.

He said the crisis in the party was responsible for the non-expansion of APGA into the Middle-Belt and other parts of the country.

“The APGA crisis has not made us produce president and extending our popularity to the Middle Belt and if care is not taken, it might elude us the president in 2023,” he said.

Ezekwelu, however, appealed to the faction of the party which still parade Victor Oye as its national chairman to concede defeat in the interest of the party and Igbo in general, just as he acknowledged the recent Appeal Court’s ruling in Ibadan which nullified Oye’s tenure that expired on June 4, 2019.

“We, in APGA, believe in the rule of law and it is sacrosanct; we do not believe in impunity and disobedience of the law. APGA is in crisis because Oye refuse to obey the law but now that his tenure has been nullified by the Appeal Court in Ibadan, we want him to join us and help build the party,” Ezekwelu said.

Earlier,  Imo State Chairman of APGA, Paul Abala, after receiving a huge crowd urged members to unite and solidify against future elections, maintaining it will be a new dawn with APGA if the leadership tussle is resolved .

He appealed to all to support the growth of the party.

For the records, APGA controls only one state, Anambra, and had little or no presence in other parts of the country.

In the South-east in particular, most of the party chieftains have left the party.