Anambra 2021: Embrace peace, Umeh pleads with Umeoji, other APGA chieftains
[From CHINEDU NWAFOR, Abakaliki]
Chairman of the Reconciliation Committee and National Outreach of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Senator Victor Umeh, has called on aggrieved chieftains of the party to embrace peace and work for the victory of the party in the November 6, 2021 Anambra governorship election.
Umeh who represented Anambra Central senatorial district in the National Assembly, particularly appealed to Hon Chukwu Umeoji, who was disqualified by the APGA Governorship aspirants primary election screening committee to sheathe his swords.
He spoke to Journalists in Awka, Anambra State capital on Friday.
He said Umeoji should not wage war against the party he had benefitted so much from, explaining further that the reconciliation committee had reached out to Umeoji for him to see the need to embrace peace but he had remained adamant and resolute in exhausting his court processes against the party.
“We are appealing to him to come back because APGA built him and there is need for the party to go to the election as one big family.
“We have invited him to come (referring to Chukwu Umeoji). He hasn’t come. Some of his colleagues have come. Hon. Nonso Smart has come. Odera Ozoka has come. The three other aspirants that contested the primaries with Soludo have come. Bianca Ojukwu didn’t contest the primaries but we have met her and she has given her blessings.
“We hope that Chukwuma Umeoji who is in court will embrace peace. Though it is common knowledge that we have issues in APGA because the candidate we nominated during our primaries on June 23rd is not the candidate INEC published. But as a party, we are resolving those challenges.
“The Peace Reconciliation and National Outreach Committee is doing everything to bring all party members together as much as we can to enable us go to the election as one formidable family. The committee is not leaving anybody behind. We are working to let peace reign in our party because November 6 election is a must win for APGA.
“We want everybody to cooperate with the party and put everything behind. Somebody must offend you and when you are offended, you are entitled to be angry. But after sometime,one has to forgive and move on. We don’t want sabotage in this election. We must work together as one family,” Umeh said.