A member of the Board of Trustees of the All Progressives congress, Prince Benjamin Apugo, Wednesday, alleged that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was sponsoring Chief Ikechi Emenike, a chieftain of the APC, to create problems for the party in the state.
Recall that Chief Ikechi Emenike had last month led a faction of the All Progressives congress in Abia, to hold parallel congresses in the state.
Apugo made the allegations in a press conference held in his Nkata Ibeku, Umuahia residence on Wednesday.
The frontline politician also alleged that about sixty percent of the governorship aspirants on the platform of the APC in Abia, vying for the 2019 election are being sponsored by the PDP government in the state.
He vowed to join other like-minds in the party to resist any imposition of unpopular candidates on the members of the APC in the state.
According to Apugo,”There is one thing people do not know. Ikechi Emenike is being sponsored by PDP.
“It is not only him that is being sponsored by the PDP; about 60 percent of those that say they want to contest for the governorship seat of Abia in 2019 are being sponsored by PDP.
” But man proposes, God disposes; we are waiting for them and I think the people will choose who will be their gubernatorial candidate.
“I am not among those who will like to impose someone on the people.
Meanwhile, efforts by our correspondent to reach Chief Ikechi Emenike for his reaction on the allegation was unsuccessful as at the time of filing this report.
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