Former Abia State Governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has decried the infi ghting and disunity among members of the APC in Abia, urging a united front to ensure the party wins the 2019 governorship election. Speaking at the APC stakeholders meeting in Umuahia, Kalu said it would be difficult to defeat the ruling PDP in the state without putting its house in order. “We need to save the APC in Abia and give it a direction.
We want to have one strong APC in Abia. We want to see one APC that belongs to all of us. If anyone goes against the party, he must be punished. “Let there be peace in Abia APC. I don’t want us to be going to Abuja and reporting ourselves. Because of the time we are entering we won’t allow this party to disintegrate in Abia. We made a promise to our leaders that we will win all the positions in Abia in 2019.
“But we can’t return APCwhen we are quarrelling. We can’t win when we say this man is for Nyerere Anyim , this one is for Ikechi Emenike. You can’t take over when you are quarrelling. The APC doesn’t belong to anyone; we must join hands to strengthen the party. The APC will win Abia in 2019. “But we must do the right thing. If you want to be in APC, don’t be in APC and put your leg in PDP. Some APC members are hobnobbing with the governor. Some of these people are planning to field a weak governorship candidate for Okezie Ikpeazu to win again, but it won’t happen.
Anybody who is a member of APC should be steady or leave the party.” The former governor inaugurated a 3 man panel headed by Chief Acho Obioma to reach out to the Chief Ikechi Emenike faction to ensure that peace reigns in the party. He advised those hobnobbing with the Governor Okezie Ikpeazu PDP administration to undermine the APC’s resolve to win the governorship position in 2019 to desist from such act.