We Say No To Fractionalization Of APC In Imo- ONYEALI

EVEREST EZIHE, Owerri

Disturbed by lack of unity of purpose and confusion among members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State occasioned by factionalization of the party state Leadership, Prince Clems Onyeali has called on the national leadership of the political party to stop henceforth the factionalization and granting of waivers to new members noting these as contributory factors to the ongoing bickering and wranglings that are destabilizing the political party in the state

Prince Clems Onyeali, a renowned political chieftain of APC and the convener of the well attended crucial stakeholders meeting held in Owerri, the Imo State capital, with the theme “No to factionalization of APC in Imo State”.

He passionately advised both the National Executive Committee (NEC) and the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party not to tolerate such anti party activities even as he warned those who are desperate to divide the party in the state to retract their steps and go back to the national body for resolution of their grievances

For sustainablity of the future of the party, the meeting vehemently resolved on the appropriate need of passionately appealing to President Muhammadu Buhari and the national leadership of the party to immediately intervene and arrest the continued factionalization of the party in the state.

The party members who spoke one after the other warned that the ugly trend if not arrested might deal a devastated blow to the party in the future elections.

The Convener lamented that“We do not want factions in Imo and those who are fanning the embers of discord within our party are merely acting out the script of the opposition but they will not succeed”.

“Some people like to reap where they did not sow but we will not allow them to have their way. I was one of the facilitators of APC in this state and there is no way I can fold my arms and watch the house which I helped to build to disintegrate” he noted.

Also speaking, Ambassador Chukwuma Egeonu, a chieftain of APC from Ikeduru local government area of the State warned members of the party who are being financially induced to destroy the party in the state to desist forthwith, lamenting that the inability of the party chairman in the state to sanction such erring members abinitio had given room to all sorts of problems within the party.

According to him “We want a concerted action plan to sustain APC in this state and Abuja should hear that we do not want factions in our state”.

He also canvassed for the immediate dissolution of the state leaderships of the party as being paraded by Chief Marcellinus Nlemigbo and Mr Dan Nwafor and install a new neutral leadership noting the two factionalised state leadership as the major problem of the party in Imo State.

Others who spoke at the meeting were Sir Peter Nnabuife from Orlu and Eziada Mabel Obiefule, party woman leader in the Orsu council area who warned against indiscriminate granting of waivers to those who recently rejoined the party after deserting it when it mattered most to participate in the forthcoming bye-election for the Imo North senatorial district stating that such members with their structures usually harass, intimidate and coerce other party members to do their biddings.