Obi won’t dump APGA for PDP – Aide

By VINCENT UJUMADU
AWKA — AMIDST speculations that Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State may soon dump the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, a founding member of APGA and chairman of Peter Obi Campaign Organization, Chief Sylvester Nwobu Alor, has said there was no iota of truth in the rumour.

The rumour gained ground in the state recently, following Governor Obi’s romance with President Goodluck Jonathan who had been adopted by APGA as its candidate for the April, 2011 election, as well the governor’s role in mobilizing other governors to campaign for the Jonathan/Sambo presidential ticket.

In a statement in Awka yesterday, Nwobu Alor, who is also the Special Adviser to Governor Obi on Markets and Parks, said the aim of those peddling the rumour was to deceive the public.

He said: “As chairman of Peter Obi Campaign Organization and a co-founder of APGA, I am competent to put the matter right in the interest of gullible public.

“Mr. Peter Obi did not and is not doing anything to factionalize APGA. Rather, he has been funding the party from his personal resources, with a view to ensuring the growth of the party, while maintaining absolute neutrality in the leadership tussle between the national chairman, Chief Victor Umeh, and Chief Chekwas Okorie.

“Perhaps, Obi’s cordial relationship with leaders of other political parties and, particularly, Mr. President, may have been misinterpreted by many as a plan to dump APGA and join PDP.

“But current political trend demands that political leaders should act or see themselves as partners in progress, united in the promotion of democracy and good governance through mutual cooperation. This is what Peter Obi stands for and he intends to achieve that through the APGA family.”

Nwobu Alor debunked the allegation credited to the expelled National Chairman of APGA, Chief Chekwas Okorie, in which he accused Obi of aiding and abetting factions in APGA in order to destroy it before joining PDP.
He also denied the allegation that Obi

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