BIANCA OJUKWU TO BECOME APGA LEADER

Source: Daily Sun

The crisis rocking the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) may have
been effectively brought under control yesterday in Abuja, Daily Sun
can authoritatively report. Crisis had engulfed the party immediately
its national leader, Dim Chukwuemeka ....
Odumegwu-Ojukwu was buried in
March last year as stakeholders asked the National Chairman, Chief
Victor Umeh to restructure APGA.
The party was subsequently broken into factions as a result of alleged
refusal of Umeh to restructure. Governor Peter Obi led one faction nd
the other by Umeh.
The two factions still have cases pending in courts. But with the
Anambra electionscheduled for November fast approaching, Umeh declared
chairman by the Appeal Court in Enugu and the Obi faction heading for
the Supreme Court, Daily Sun gathered that Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, who
was in the forefront of reconciling thetwo factions, intensified his
efforts.
Daily Sun further gathered from a source that was privy to series of
meetings of the APGA chieftains in Abuja, the efforts of the leader of
the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra
(MASSOB) paid off. It was gathered that Uwazuruike met with Governor
Obi, Umeh, Bianca Ojukwu and other prominent members of APGA in an
undisclosed venue in Abuja where they agreedthat Umeh should remain as
national chairman to conduct the Anambra elections.
Also the gathering agreed that Ambassador Bianca would step into the
shoes of herlate husband as new APGA leader. Daily Sun also scooped
that Umeh and Governor Obi would be meeting with Uwazuruike in Owerri
next week to sharpenthe new peace achieved.
Bianca who going back to Spain tomorrow is expected back in the first
week of August when it is hoped that Umeh will visit Ojukwu's Enugu
residence where the news of the reconciliation will be broken. Our
source said Obi who had been playing the role of the deputy national
leader of the party agreed to make serious sacrifices in the interest
of the party, which he felt should remain in power in Anambra State.
On what would happen to Chief Maxi Okwu, who is the factional chairman
of the Obi-led APGA and the members of the National Working Committee
elected in April during the Awka convention, the source said with Obi
agreeing to sheathe hissword he would call his people to order.