The Guardian (Nigeria)

Nwoye seeks investigat­ion of alleged abuses against Nnamani, Chime, others by Enugu APC

- From Lawrence Njoku, Enugu

IMMEDIATE past chairman of the All Progressiv­es Congress ( APC) in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye, has called on the South East Zonal Chairman of the party, Dr. Ijeomah Arodiogbu, to set up a committee to investigat­e abuses against major stakeholde­rs of the party in the state.

He stated that it was embarrassi­ng how former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, former Governor, Sullivan Chime, Federal Commission­er, Ginika Tor, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, among others were reportedly abused by the Ugo Agballah- led leadership in the guise of rebuilding APC in the state.

Nwoye made the call yesterday while reacting to purported resolution­s made after a meeting of the APC stakeholde­rs, attended by the state Chairman of the party, Ugo Agballah and others.

The stakeholde­rs had, during the meeting, expressed readiness to reconsider the expulsion and suspension of some members of the party, including Nnamani, Chime, Tor, Onyeama, Nwoye, Eugene Odoh, Osita

Okechukwu, among others. Nwoye urged Arodiogbu to caution the state leadership, stressing that it was embarrassi­ng how national caucus members, who have suffered for the party, are being bandied as “dissidents.”

The former Enugu APC chairman, who described Arodiogbu as “a father to everybody,” insisted that elections were over and that “what is needed now is for members of the party to come together to work for 2027 victory in Enugu state.”

He said: “This call has become important because we cannot continue to pretend that all is well with the

Enugu chapter of APC. Just last week, the grassroots members of the party met in Enugu and passed a vote of no confidence on Agballa. It is this kind of problem that we may carry into the 2027 elections if not checked. I am appealing to the South East Zonal Chairman to set up a committee and investigat­e the state leadership to reconcile grievances in the party ahead of the next elections. “Nnamani and Chime don’t deserve the abuses that Agballah is giving to them; we need to rebuild APC in Enugu State. We need to come together so that we will do better in future elections.”

 ?? ?? Former Managing Director, Niger Delta Developmen­t Commission ( NDDC), Joy Nunieh ( left); Chief Executive Officer, Akwahelems ltd, Onyemaechi Ejindu, and Angolan Ambassador to Nigeria, Amb. Jose Bamoquina- Zan, during the inaugurati­on of Angola Visa Applicatio­n Centre in Port Harcourt... yesterday. PHOTO: NAN
Former Managing Director, Niger Delta Developmen­t Commission ( NDDC), Joy Nunieh ( left); Chief Executive Officer, Akwahelems ltd, Onyemaechi Ejindu, and Angolan Ambassador to Nigeria, Amb. Jose Bamoquina- Zan, during the inaugurati­on of Angola Visa Applicatio­n Centre in Port Harcourt... yesterday. PHOTO: NAN

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