The crisis rocking the Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) deepened at the weekend as founding stakeholders of the party passed a vote of no confidence on the Chairman of the party, Ugochukwu Agballah.
They said that they were not happy with the way Agballah has ran the party, lamenting that many of those who founded the party in the state have been suspended and expelled.
The stakeholders, who held a unification meeting in Enugu, however passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Tinubu, National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Ganduje and the Federal Commissioner representing Enugu State in the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Ginika Tor, for their commitment in advancing the party.
During the meeting with the theme “Uniting the party in support of Tinubu/Shettima renewed Hope Agenda”, the members went down memory lane on how the party was nurtured by those unconstitutionally suspended by Agballah to a level where it became attractive to all.
The stakeholders at the meeting organised under the auspices of APC grassroots constituency platform expressed deep concern that rather than deepening the party, the Agballah led administration was only interested in suspending members on frivolous allegations.
“Foundation members such as former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, ex governor Sullivan Chime, ex-state Chairman, Dr. Ben Nwoye, former Director General of Voice of Nigeria, VON, Osita Okechukwu, former speaker of the Enugu State of Assembly , Eugene Odoh and recently Ginika Tor have been purportedly suspended over nothing,” they said
Addressing the stakeholders, Tor had expressed displeasure that APC was yet to learn from her numerous poor showings on the state.
She described Enugu APC under Agballah as “suspension party”, saying that they would no longer fold their arms and watch “strangers who joined their fold from other political parties destroy the APC through illegal suspensions and other anti members activities”
She said: “We must come back to possess our possession. We must not be discouraged by the activities of those currently piloting the affairs of the party who do not wish the party well, we must say enough is enough. How could somebody who claims he wish the party well keep suspending people who laboured for the party” she queried.
Immediate past chairman of the party, Ben Nwoye, said it was unthinkable for anybody to announce the suspension of such number of big wigs in a political party.
He condemned in its entirety the idea of piloting the affairs of the party as a private enterprise by the incumbent chairman, calling on the genuine members of the come back and rebuild their political house.
He noted that the vote of no confidence had shown that all was not well with the party in the state and needed the urgent intervention of the national secretariat to salvage the situation,stressing that the one envious APC has been turned into a laughing stock.
