By Baba Yusuf Abuja Tension has risen in the fl anks of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the emergence of Comrade Tony Nwoye as the fl ag-bearer of the party for the Governorship election in Anambra state on November 18, 2017.
Already four support groups registered with the national secretariat of APC had rejected the election of Comrade Nwoye, and appealed to the National Working Committee (NWC) and the Presidency to drop Nwoye as the party’s fl ag-bearer “if the party must win the governorship election.
” Th e groups were not only calling for the cancellation of the primary election that produced Comrade Nwoye, but also for the NWC of the party to order for a re-run in which Senator Andy Uba and Tony Nwoye would not participate.
Th e organisations calling for cancellation of Nwoye as the party’s fl ag-bearer included the Anambra All Progressives Congress Forum in Abuja, led by Chief Obum Ozuanwu and All Progressives Congress Voters Club, led by Ifeanyi Obinna.
Others are South-East All Progressive Congress Forum led by its Coordinator Mazi Chuzzy and Igbo/ Yoruba Unity Forum led by Godwin Okafor.
Spokesperson of the groups and National vice-chairman of Coalition of APC Support Groups South-east zone, Mazi Chuzzy, called for the suspension of Comrade Tony Nwoye and Senator Andy Uba from APC for “openly sharing money to procure votes at the venue of the primary election.
” Part of the statement read in part: “Th ese support organisations registered with APC national secretariat are calling for the cancellations of the just concluded Anambra state Governorship Primary.
Th e party’s NWC should order for a re-run and we are calling for a suspension of Tony Nwoye and Andy Uba from participating in the re-run.
“Our party, the APC is known for its anti-corruption stance and we should not allow people from the PDP with corruption hanging on them to come and take the position of rightful party members.
Nwoye and Uba should fi rst be members of the party and wait for their turn to participate in the party’s primary but not now.
Some people have been in the party for long and they just came to take the position of those who have been in the party.
We won’t allow that.
“Why should our party known for fi ghting corruption off er its ticket to Nwoye who spent 16 years in PDP and was allegedly associated with the atrocities of the PDP in the state, especially during Dr Chris Nwabueze Ngige as governor, when Ngige was kidnapped and government establishments burnt.
