National Chairman of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh, explains why he wept at the tomb of the late Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu shortly after the Court of Appeal, Enugu Division reinstated him as chairman of the party last week.
He also alleged that some former National Executive Committee members of the party who are loyal to the Anambra State Governor, Mr Peter Obi, are about tomove against him tomorrow. He said the ex-NWC members are planning to hold a meeting in Abuja where they will announce his removal, describing the move as "laughable and idiotic".
Speaking in Abuja, Umeh said he wept at Ojukwu's tomb because of what the late APGA leader represented in his life. He said, "Our leader, Ojukwu may have died but what he represents in my life is still what he represents in my life today. I visited his graveside because he had confidence in me when he was alive and I know that if he were alive he would not have allowed all these things happening to me to happen. I know that he is still backing me."
Umeh said Obi and few other officials of the party working for his removal were doing so because Ojukwu was no longer alive. He said, "they could not move against me when Dim Ojukwu was alive, they came after me immediately he died."
The APGA chairman who was removed from office by the Enugu High Court was reinstated last week by the Court of Appeal, Enugu. Describing his reinstatement as a clear indication that the High Court judgment was flawed, Umeh said he was happy that justice prevailed at the end of the day.
On the planned meeting by some suspended NWC members of APGA tomorrow, he said that he was unperturbed by such meeting. He said that he was surprised that Obi was still plotting against him despite the fact that he had extended an olive branch to him and those in his group soon after the court ruling.
He said he had more than the required one-third members of the NWC in his camp, stressing that no plot from any quarter to oust him would succeed.
Commenting on his relationship with Obi, Umeh said though the governor did not regard him as friend he still treated Obi as a brother. He accused the Governor of paying him back in bad coins despite his contribution to his victory at the poll in Anambra.
On whether the crisis that rocked APGA would not rob the party of victory in the November governorship election in Anambra, Umeh boasted that the party would comfortably win the poll.
He argued that Obi had done well as a governor, noting that the crisis never affected governance in the state.
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