2023:Ebonyi APC Now In Comatose, Stakeholders Raise Alarm

By Alo David, Abakaliki

Members of old Ebonyi State All Progressives Congress (APC) mainstream stakeholders on Wednesday have said that the party is already heading to comatose due to faulty processes in the selection of candidates for the upcoming general election. The group made this known to newsmen in a joint press conference held in Abakaliki with members tagged" joint action and alliance with other All Progressives Congress mainstream stakeholders towards 2023.

According to Alhaji (Dr) Haroun Ajah, Chairman, APC Mainstream Chapter in Ebonyi state, hinted that crisis rocking the state party has deepened and the mainstream stakeholders are worried that the party may be heading to collapse if activities leading to selection of candidates is not checked. The old APC members lamented that crisis erupted in the party since Ebonyi state Governor, Engr David Umahi joined the political party. The statement reads in part," This is moment of realization and actualization of the rights and concerns of the old APC members in Ebonyi state. "To let the new APC National Executive Committee ( NEC) under the able leadership of His Excellency, Sen Abdullah Adamu and the general public be reminded that the Ebonyi APC crisis is deepening and the mainstream APC stakeholders are set to save our great party-APC from imminent collapse due to the faulty processes in the selection of candidates for the 2023 general elections. He added, "Reflections on the background of this crisis: This emanated from the statement of the cases as enshrined in the Chief Chijioke Uwa's petition to the national leadership of our great party-APC at the time of Gov.Umahi's defection to APC "That the 19th November,2020 defection to APC by Gov. Umahi and his appointees created an illegal structures of APC in Ebonyi State against the spirit and latter of the APC constitution "It will us clear pictures of the marginalisation of the mainstream APC members in the Wards,LGAs and State Congresses of 2021 in Ebonyi State Ajah further emphasized that the leadership of the party under Chief Stanley Emegha is null and void as his emergence was filled with irregularities that undermined the constitution of the party. "The leadership of APC under Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha's chairmanship in Ebonyi State remains nullity and void because it is built on nothing.You cannot assume an Executive position of our great party-APC as a non member and transmit to substantive status as well against the provisions of the APC constitution. "Therefore,every action of APC in Ebonyi State under that leadership is null and void and of no effect whatsoever with a court processes.And we don't want to repeat of the Zamfara and River States scenario in Ebonyi State come 2023. They, however, called on the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to quickly address the leadership crisis, even as, they maintained that the old party would reject any imposition of candidates in All Progressives Congress come 2023 general election. "This is a reinvigoration and reactivation of our struggles for legitimate APC leadership in Ebonyi State "Our total rejection of any imposition of candidates on APC and Ebonyians for the 2023 general elections "Finally, here is the full text of our press statement.