Ebonyi APC expels Ward Chairman over alleged anti-party activities
From Chinedu Nwafor, Abakaliki
Ward Executive members of the All Progressives Congress in Umudomi Ward, Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi state have expelled their ward chairman, Mr John Ogboji over alleged anti party activities.
Briefing newsmen in Abakaliki, the Ward Vice chairman who spoke on behalf of the executives, Mr James Nwite noted that the embattled former chairman reneged on the agreement reached after the acclaimed candidate of Ebonyi South Senatorial zone, Mrs Ann Agom-Eze snubbed the ward committee investigating her on alleged anti party activities.
Mr Ogboji had on Monday issued a press statement debunking the claim that Mrs Ann Agom-Eze had been expelled from the APC, insisting that the ward never expelled her as being peddled in some quarters.
Corroborating the Vice Chairman, the State Chairman of APC in the State, Chief Stanley Okoro-Emegha, said that the letter written by the embattled Chairman of Umudomi Ward didn’t fulfill the provisions laid down by the All Progressives Congress, APC, Party’s constitution.
Okoro-Emegha who stressed that Ann Agom-Eze had committed anti-party activities by associating with some top ranking members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP added that no amount of political maneuverings would make Ann Agom-Eze to fly the senatorial flag of the party in the 2023 general election.
He alleged that Ann Agom-Eze had made arrangement with a serving PDP Senator (names withheld) to relinquish the Party’s ticket in January, 2023, in order to give way for PDP’s victory at the polls.
Emegha said: “In our party’s constitution, a letter is usually signed by the Chairman and Secretary, but in this case it was only signed by the Chairman. This is contrary to our constitution. We tried to give her fair hearing. She has been invited at the zone, State, and Ward level and she refused to come.
“The woman demanded that she be given N20m after she withdrew. She signed necessary documents withdrawing from the contest. She even swore an affidavit not to revisit the contest. Her letter of withdrawal was acknowledge at the National Secretariat of APC.
“For the female contestants, the form was given free while the male paid N20m. She demanded of a Prado Jeep and N20M. Ann never complained to the Ward, zone and State that she was being marginalized.
“She openly denied that she never withdrew. We are charging her to court for perjury. I have done a letter to the CP for her to be arrested and charged to Court. When the Party invites you and you refused to come is a crime. PDP senator is behind it. Whatever the constitution says, we will follow.
“In January, she want to decline from running and then pave way for a serving PDP Senator to have a smooth sail during the 2023 general election. We will charge Ann for anti party activities.
“Anm Agom-Eze will not fly our flag in the 2023 general election. What has she contributed to the Party in her Ward? What is happening is distracting me from consulting for my Governor.”
