Chief Chikwas Okorie, former chairman of The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA)
From Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja
The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) has gotten back its registration certificate which was withheld by its former chairman, Chief Chikwas Okorie.
The party’s National Chairman, Chief Victor Umeh, who spoke to newsmen shortly after getting back the party’s certificate of registration from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), also said Okorie is seeking to cause confusion by adopting United Progressive Grand Alliance (UPGA) for his new party. He said UPGA was the original name of APGA.
On the sudden decision by Okorie to return APGA’s registration certificate, Umeh said contrary to the former chairman’s claim that he returned the document of his own volition, there was nothing left for him to do under the circumstance since APGA was already making moves to use the police to recover it.
“I feel extremely happy today that the distraction in APGA has ended. First, APGA which has been in the news for the past eight years for being engulfed in an intractable leadership dispute has now put that to an end. It has been a very long journey at the courts. And I must express my happiness that it has now come to a sweet end, “he said.
Umeh recalled how Okorie after being expelled from the party for anti-party activities decided to withhold the party’s certificate of registration and to engage the leadership in a prolonged legal tussle which he finally lost.
He said with the end of the leadership crisis, APGA will now focus more on re-building its structures which was affected by the tussle over the years.
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