The judgement of the Enugu division of the Court of Appeal has opened another chapter of crisis in the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA.
In a reaction to the judgement, Chief Maxi Okwu said he remained the authentic chairmen of the crisis-ridden party.
Okwu told journalists that there was also a valid judgement of the Court of Appeal which upheld the convention that elected him as the national chairman of the party.
He said: “You may be aware that there is another judgement of this Court of Appeal. The judgement of an Awka High Court on our convention was upheld by this same Enugu division of Court of Appeal.
“As it is, there is now conflicting judgements of the Court of Appeal. It is unfortunate that the party has to go through other turmoil, but I know that it will end very soon.
“The party under my leadership is the authentic APGA, 18 members of Umeh’s own NWC are with me.
“Umeh is a king without kingdom, he is a general without army, he can parade himself further but it will soon end”.
On how the party would face the forth-coming council and governorship elections in the state, Okwu said “there is a judgement of the Court of Appeal, upholding Egwu Oyibo as the chairman of APGA in Anambra State, so he will submit the list of candidates for the council elections to ANSIEC.
“Also, at the end of the day, I believe that I will submit the name of the APGA governorship candidate, I don’t know whether you know the history of APGA, it happened in the past, but at the end of the day, the ticket was returned to the right person”.
DailyPost recalls that Okwu emerged as the national chairman of APGA during a convention organized in Awka on April 8, 2013.
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