As crisis in Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) deepens, a faction known as Abia APC Integrity Group, has warned that the party would not make any meaningful inroad in the state except its earlier position for the conduct of fresh congresses that would usher in acceptable democratically elected executive, was adhered to.But one of the officials elected at the disputed congress, Chief Okey Nwagbara, said the call for a fresh congress in Abia was a disservice by those who did not want to accept defeat in good faith.
The integrity group, in a resolution made available to newsmen after its meeting in Aba, Abia State, predicted that APC would be doomed in the state if necessary actions were not taken to urgently dismantle the two parallel executives that were separately constituted without congresses by two chieftains of the party, including a former governorship aspirant.
The APC Integrity Group, which consists of prominent members of the legacy parties that laid foundation for the party stated that while it had openly advocated for, “a neutral and democratically elected executives at all levels expected to carry everyone along and ultimately drive APC towards taking over governance in Abia,” the other factions have, “at the detriment of the stability and growth of the party,” continued to parade non-existent state executives.
Members of the group said it was against this backdrop that they reaffirmed their earlier stand for a fresh congress that would produce a neutral executive, which would carry everyone along and further drive the party to victory in Abia.
But, in his reaction, the APC vice chairman, Abia Central, Chief Okey Nwagbara berated those calling for a fresh congress saying it was unnecessary.
He said the state congress was held by a congress committee led by Mr. Sunday Akere, Osun State Commissioner for Information and Strategy and supervised by representatives of INEC, adding that those calling for fresh congress also participated.
He urged on the Integrity group members to join hands with the elected state executive to move the party forward.
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