APGA to suspend Gov. Soludo over anti-party activities
Gov. Charles Chukwuma Soludo
Published By: Isa Isawade
The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) is set to suspend the Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, along with others.
The party is accusing them of anti-party activities.
While addressing the media at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, the party’s National Chairman, Chief Edozie Njoku, accused Soludo of obstructing every effort by the Supreme Court-recognised NWC to restore harmony within the party.
Njoku announced Thursday 26 September 2024 as the date the NWC will release the names of party members, including Soludo, who will be suspended for their “involvement in anti-party activities.”
He indicated that Soludo will not get an automatic ticket for a second term as governor, saying anyone aspiring to become governor of the state must participate in the primary process, which he assured would be fair and transparent.
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“If you notice, the whole NWC are here, and a group of people are being suspended from the party. As you know, I’ve been preaching peace because it’s not in the interest of the party for us to start suspending elected officers, to start suspending a governor, to start suspending House of Assembly members, to start suspending the senator from Abia.
“They are pushing us far to the limit, and they are believing that the governor of Anambra State is bigger than the party. No one is bigger than the party… You will remember what the chairman of the BOT said, that we the NWC must take action so that we don’t look like toothless Bulldogs.
“This is a political party, and APGA is here to stay. We have 80% agreed on those people who are going to be suspended from the party. One of those people is the governor.
“And I’m saying, are we going to just suspend the only Governor we have? But if the only Governor we have is pretending or playing to the gallery, making these honest people go in and commit anti-party activities. We must nip this in the bud,” Njoku said.
