The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) has announced the removal of Victor Oye as the party’s national chairman.

 

It also confirmed the appointment of Jude Okeke as its acting National Chairman of the party.

 

This was part of the decisions taken on Tuesday, June 15, by the National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Grand Alliance at its 114th meeting in Abuja.

Ikechukwu Chinyere, the party’s National Publicity Secretary,  while briefing newsmen after the meeting, added that six other members of the party were also suspended indefinitely.

He listed the suspended chieftains as Chinedu Obidigwe, Hamman Ghide, Sylvester Ezeokenwa, Adamu Musa, Okogbuo, and Ifeanyi Mbaeri.

Explaining why they were suspended by the party, Chinyere accused them of anti-party activities, gross misconduct, and conduct capable of bringing the party’s image to disrepute among others.

 

Furthermore, the party’s NEC also nullified the disqualification of five aspirants for the Anambra State Governorship Election who were previously disqualified by the Victor Oye-led leadership.

The disqualified aspirants include Sullivan Nwankpo, Okafor Smart, Chukwuma Umeoji, Ozoka Ifeanyi, and Nnamdi Dike.

Speaking after he was sworn in as the APGA acting National Chairman, Jude Okeke, announced the extension of the sale of the party’s Anambra State Governorship forms to the 25th of June, 2021.

He also said the primary election for the election had been slated for July 1, 2021, cancelling the June 23 and June 25 dates earlier fixed for the same activity.

With the reshuffling of its members, and the extension of the sales of the governorship form, the acting national chairman assured its members that the party is heading for victory n the forthcoming guber election in Anambra.

Especially now that members suspected to be moles amidst them, playing anti-party politics, by revealing sensitive information on strategist to win elections to their opposing parties has been filtered out.