APGA crisis: Bianca succeeds Ojukwu as party leader

The crisis rocking the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) may have been effectively brought under control yesterday in Abuja, Daily Sun can reported. Crisis had engulfed the party immediately its national leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu was buried in March last year as stakeholders asked the National Chairman, Chief Victor Umeh to restructure APGA.

The party was subsequently broken into factions as a result of alleged refusal of Umeh to restructure. Governor Peter Obi led one faction nd the other by Umeh.

The two factions still have cases pending in courts. But with the Anambra election scheduled for November fast approaching, Umeh declared chairman by the Appeal Court in Enugu and the Obi faction heading for the Supreme Court, Daily Sun gathered that Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, who was in the forefront of reconciling the two factions, intensified his efforts.

Also the gathering agreed that Ambassador Bianca would step into the shoes of her late husband as new APGA leader.

Bianca who going back to Spain tomorrow is expected back in the first week of August when it is hoped that Umeh will visit Ojukwu’s Enugu residence where the news of the reconciliation will be broken. Our source said Obi who had been playing the role of the deputy national leader of the party agreed to make serious sacrifices in the interest of the party, which he felt should remain in power in Anambra State.

Source: The Sun