The senator representing Anambra Central in the national
Assembly, Senator Dr. Chris Ngige has on Sunday, described the recent defection of some All
Progressive Congress (APC) members to the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA),
as an act of a few inactive members looking for an alternative platform to further their political pursuit.
He revealed that the leader of the group, Chief Amaechi Obidike had
left the party six months before he openly declared for APGA, added that he had earlier left for the PDP with Senator Annie Okonkwo before joining the All Progressive Grand Alliance, shorlty after he stopped functioning as the state chairman of the APC.
The legislature made this know in Awka, while fielding
questions from journalist after a church service to commemorate the twenty-years wedding anniversary and child dedication of
the Anglican Bishop of Awka Diocese, Bishop Alexander Ibezim.
Senator Chris Ngige denied the allegation that APC has lost
all its members to APGA in the state and described the allegation as baseless , but maintained that the party still retain it’s structures and would soon unleash
its strategic plans to win next year general election for APC .
His word; ‘’The People who left APC yesterday have left more
than six months ago, they are no longer members of our party, that is Chief Obidike, who seize to be our
chairman since last year, he is a baggage that is going elsewhere, even before
now he was in PDP, he left for PDP with
Chief Annie Okonkwo, so he seized to be our member long ago, APC is alive here
and we shall prove its alive at the right time’’
‘’There is no gainsaying that the test for the pooling is in
hitting, Febuary 14th is the election date for National Assembly, we
are always ready, we are oiling all our machines, we shall pull them into space
when the time comes’’
Senator Ngige disclosed that he will re-contest the senate election and expressed hope of winning the poll, he said’’ In
2011, I contested for the National
Assembly sit in the senate , if you go to the record, I didn't come out very
early enough, I declared for that seat in some five weeks to the election and
somebody was there, but could not proceed, I had to come in as substitute, this
time around, election is still about two and a half months away, so I don’t see
why we should panic or freight over anything, the truth is that we are plotting
our strategic plans and we are sure that we will actualize the victory for APC
in this state come 2015’’ he assured.
Earlier in an interview, the national chairman of the All
Progressive Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Umeh
had assertively stated that APC and other parties have no footing again in
Anambra politics, he noted that APGA has daily records of members of other
political parties decamping en mass into the party, but attributed it to the
achievements of the state governor, Chief Willie Obiano that made people to
seek for a shelter under their platform.
Chief Umeh, expressed optimism that APGA has come to stay
in Anambra state and would extend its political coverage to all the other four south
eastern states in the 2015 general Election, He said; ‘’APGA has swallowed all
the parties in Anambra state, the remaining members of APC have joined APGA
yesterday, you can see Dr. Chris Ngige just
came here all alone, he does not come with anybody, that shows that he does not
have any supporter anymore and it is to
the good of APGA in the state, because everybody in this state is embracing
the party, which shows it’s an added strength to APGA,’
‘’After 2015 election, APGA will become insurmountable to all political parties and by the grace of God, the good work being done by our
great Governor, Chief Willie Obiano are being given accolade by everybody, many people
are joining the party every day.’
‘’The Mass Decampment of people from other parties to APGA
is a sign that the party has no opposition in Anambra state and would extend
same to other states of the south east come 2015 .’’ Umeh opined.