Widow of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Bianca Ojukwu, has
described the All Progressives Grand Alliance as a secret cult, expressing
worry over the party’s dwindling political fortune.
“APGA is now like a secret cult, and this has reduced our
once vibrant party to a shadow of its former self,” she lamented.
Ojukwu made the remarks in a statement to mark the
posthumous birthday of the late Biafran warlord on November 4.
She stated that it was of serious concern that members of
APGA were decamping to other political parties in their numbers, especially the
All Progressives Congress.
Ms Ojukwu blamed the current situation in APGA on what she
called “leadership failure” by the party.
She said, “Bad leadership has left a deeply wounded and visibly
divided party, with members decamping from the party almost on a daily basis
with the alacrity of rats deserting a sinking ship,”
“Curiously, they are almost all defecting to APC. Our party
has lost almost half of our state and national legislators, several principal
members of our board of trustees, including the secretary of the board.”
“The serving deputy governor of the state, Dr Nkem Okeke,
who joined the APC recently, party local government leaders, countless party
executive members, including Governor Obiano’s own ward chairman all joining
APC is very worrisome,” she added.
Ms Ojukwu blamed APGA’s present leader, Governor Willie
Obiano and his henchmen for the party’s downfall.
According to her, the state is suffering the most extreme
state of insecurity under his watch, which has recently seen several citizens,
including a traditional ruler in his community, gunned down in broad daylight.
“To the governor’s credit, Anambra airport is nearing
completion, but then, the intercity roads and roads leading to the communities
are in a terrible state, and this has created a persistent gridlock within the
state”, she said.
The former beauty queen, however, expressed optimism that
despite the obvious cracks, she was confident that APGA would do well during
the Saturday election.
She said APGA was not just a political party but a state of
mind.
“The party has a good candidate in this guber election in
the person of Prof. Charles Soludo, and he has all it takes to chart a new
course both in the trajectory of the party and the state,” she said.
(NAN)
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