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APGA crisis: Party chieftains trade words over chairmanship

The party, last week, said it filed a lawsuit in an Abuja Federal High Court challenging INEC’s purported failure to provide evidence showing Njoku ever occupied a national office within the APGA.

But reacting to the development in a statement, on Monday, Udu observed the matter surrounding the alleged misconduct and eventual expulsion of Njoku from APGA was still pending in a competent court, saying he was heating the polity to distract the genuine leadership and owners of the party.

“Edozie Njoku thinks that he can outsmart the National Chairman, not knowing that the current Chairman like his predecessor, Victor Oye understands the game of politics than him. Our case with Njoku is coming up in October; so, let’s see which court gave him (Njoku) an order to be APGA’s national chairman”, he said.

According to him, Njoku was subtly scheming on how to become the national chairman of the party ahead of the Anambra State governorship election in 2024, adding, “The whole idea is to reap where he did not sow.”

He said, “It’s obvious to party faithful and supporters that Edozie Njoku is merely using hook-and-crook skirmishes to launch himself into becoming the chairman of APGA. And this he has started doing lately again because of the Anambra governorship election, which is coming up next year. But we can not allow him. ‘’His style is immediately after every election he would disappear and you won’t see him again until the next election. He’s only interested in the affairs of APGA when elections are around the corner.