Delta APC Members Reconcile Differences, Agree on Party Unity

Stakeholders in opposition Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have reconciled their differences and agreed to work together for the unity of the party.

In a statement signed by the party’s acting State Publicity Secretary, Engr. Leonard Obibi, said the various leaders of the party resolved to set aside their differences and work together assiduously for the harmony and progress of the party.

The meeting for peaceful coexistence and the unification of APC Delta State chapter which held at Onicha-Ugbo on Saturday March 4, 2017, was hosted by Minister of Petroleum Resources (State), Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu and co-chaired by Olorogun O'tega Emerhor, the 2015 gubernatorial candidate of the party.

Present at the peace talks were the following leaders of the party: Sir Olisaemeka Akamukali (member, Board of Trustees), Chief Adolo Okotie-Eboh, Chief Great Ogboru (represented by Evang. Ossai Abeh) and Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei.

Others were Chief (Engr.) Hyacinth Enuha (represented by Barr. Dennis Nwanokwai) and Dr. Alex Ideh, both of late Senator F. S. Okpozo's Elders and Leaders group. In attendance also were Chief Frank Kokori, Chief Ayiri Emami and the full complement of the State Working Committee (SWC) led by the State Chairman of the party, Prophet Jones Ode Erue.

Prior to the said meeting, a peace parley also held in Abuja where the leaders including Prof. Pat Utomi, Chief Great Ogboru and Chief Hyacinth Enuha were present in person.

The meetings, according to Obibi, deliberated on terminating all current disputes within the party in order to introduce a new lease of life that would propel the party into a more united and stronger political family. The entire leadership resolved among other things as follows: All interest groups or individuals are to within 90 days withdraw all legal cases from court effective the date of this meeting; To request the National Working Committee (NWC) to take necessary steps, after the withdrawal of all court cases, to conduct a repeat congress for the election of an all-encompassing State Exco which tenure will expire at the same time as the current Exco in April 2018. It was also unanimously agreed that there shall be no interim Caretaker Committee for the party, and that the repeat congress shall be open to all party members, both old and new, to ensure comprehensive and all-inclusive participation; The Delta State APC family has undertaken to start working together in unison and will continue to make whatever sacrifice is necessary for sustaining the peace and progress of our party.