Obiano hails Supreme Court judgment on APGA, calls for reconciliation

Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has hailed a recent Supreme Court judgment, which upheld the Executive Committee of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) headed by the immediate past national chairman of the party, Chief Victor Umeh.

In the judgment delivered by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, the apex court dismissed the appeal filed by the Maxi Okwu-led faction which had sought to be declared as the authentic executive committee of the party and affirmed the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which, had on June 18, 2015, declared Umeh as the authentic national chairman of the party.

Hailing the judgement in a rally held at the Governor’s Lodge in Amawbia to celebrate the victory at the weekend, Governor Obiano, who is also chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) and national leader of the party, declared the judgment as a “no victor, no vanquished,” and called for immediate reconciliation and healing among all splinter groups that exist within the party.

Addressing party faithful, Obiano noted that, “It is important that we seize this great moment in history and run with the passion it has ignited in our hearts. The first thing we should do with this passion is reconciliation. We must always remember that the Maxi Okwu faction that took us to court is actually our brother. We must strive to reabsorb them to the mainstream of the party.”

Describing the event as APGA’s own Pentecost Day, Obiano told party members, “if you look among you, you will see tongues of flame on your heads. These tongues of flame are the flames of ‘Be your brother and your sister’s keeper.”

Earlier in his opening remarks, the National Chairman of the party, Chief Victor Oye, had offered a detailed explanation of the court judgment and commended the steadfastness of party members whose support and prayers never wavered all through the period of the legal process.

Rallying support for Chief Umeh in the coming senatorial election in Anambra Central, Chief Oye appealed to party faithful to close ranks and give a massive push to the efforts of Umeh to clinch the senatorial seat.

“This is the home of APGA. Anybody struggling with us here is wasting his time because we already have a senator in Chief Victor Umeh,” he declared.

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