APGA expresses support for Senate’s stance on Abaribe’s defection

By Chijindu Emeruwa

Members of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA state executive committee on Monday, paid a visit to a former Lawmaker, Honourable Obinna Ichita over what they called Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe’s disregard for the party and his twisting of what led to his current travails at the Senate.

Led by the state chairman of the party, Ambassador Sunday Onukwubiri, the APGA SEC lamented that despite Senator Abaribe getting the party’s 2023 senatorial ticket on a platter for free, he never contributed towards the advancement of the party which led to his suspension.

Onukwubiri said the party stands with the Senate for the constitution to be obeyed to be obeyed to the later.

Hon. Ichita after the meeting disclosed that the party in Abia State was working towards forming a strategic alliance with another political party in the state ahead of the forthcoming elections. He said details of the alliance would be made public at the right time.

Ichita apologized to the APGA SEC members for his wrong assessment, saying he had hoped that the Senator would imbibe the APGA spirit that would have helped in the transformation of Abia South senatorial zone.

The former Lawmaker who represented Aba South state constituency said contrary to the impression created by Senator Abaribe that he was sacked by APGA, he said the party never sacked Abaribe, rather he voluntarily resigned from the party.

The Senate had on last week Thursday last week threatened that the Senator representing Abia South Senatorial District, Abaribe, could lose his seat if he did not reconsider his resignation from APGA.