APGA not nephew, uncle business –Ukwa

By Emmanuel Nzomiwu 

All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) is a political party and not a nephew and uncle business, a former National Vice Chairman of the party, Onwuka Ukwa, said at the weekend.

Apparently referring to the role of Governor Peter Obi and his uncle, Sylvester Nwobu-Alor, in the APGA crisis, he made it clear that the party “is not Anambra limited company or Agulu Progressives Grand Alliance where you have nephew and uncle running it”.

“No, it is a political party. I have a stake in APGA. I am from Abia. Nobody should sit down in Awka there and tell me that I have no stake in this party. I have a stake in this party. Those from Kano, Ebonyi, Kogi and Oyo have a stake. It does not belong to Agulu or Anambra. So, it is about time we stopped this business of somebody sitting in his office and dictating what they think we should do in the party,” Ukwa said.

Explaining why he decided to pioneer the reconciliation process in APGA, the party elder said he had a very deep reflection over the activities of the party in the past few years and “have come to the conclusion that the party must be unified once again to enable it meet the future political challenges that is around the corner, particularly, the gubernatorial race coming up in Anambra State”.

Ukwa further noted that the party had been fragmented over one thing or another, and therefore he decided, as an elder, to champion efforts to restore peace and then move the reconciliation process ahead.

“Please,I want to appeal to everyone, every member of our party, whatever name you prefer to call yourself; if you prefer answering stakeholder, please do so. After all, I was the one that coined the word stakeholders.

“But, I want to make it very clear that APGA is not a private business of nephew and uncle at all. The party belongs to everyone. It doesn’t matter whether you are an expelled party man. We are asking you to return. Come back to the party and give the administration of Chief (Sir) Victor Umeh all the support you can. We want everybody to come back and help (re)build the party, unify the party, so that we can fight as one to win coming elections,” the former party scribe said.