The interim national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Maxi Okwu has re-stated the party’s resolve to hold its national convention scheduled for April 8 in Enugu, vowing that nothing would stop the exercise.
He made the declaration, weekend, when he paid an unscheduled visit to the party’s secretariat in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital.
According to him, all the stakeholders and members of the party had been invited to attend the convention, which, he said would bring about the renaissance and transformation of the party, not only because of the 2015 general elections, but also for the take-over of the South East by APGA in future.
Okwu maintained that the party would not be dragged back any longer, stressing that it was high time the party made progress to avoid being relegated to the background in the political arena of the country.
While expressing the party’s stand “on the final declarations made by a competent court of jurisdiction, Enugu State High Court, in the resolution of the leadership crisis within APGA”, he stressed that until those declarations were set aside by a superior court, the judgement remains valid.
“There are rules of engagements and the rules are clear to me not only as a politician but also as a lawyer. There is a final judgement of the competent court of jurisdiction, Enugu High Court, making certain declarations and until set aside by a superior court; be it Court of Appeal, be it Supreme Court those declaration stands.
“Going by the rules of practice, court hardly stays declarative judgments. So, we are quite conversant with the rules of engagements. APGA cannot hang; the case going on can hang APGA for the next four or five years. You recall that it took Chekwas eight years to surrender and return APGA certificate. APGA can hang on this issue and that will be the death of APGA and this we will not allow”, he said.
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