I WON’T QUIT APGA, OBIANO VOWS

• Obi’s exit won’t affect party –Umeh
Governor Willie Obiano is not planning to quit the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), his Special Assistant, Political, Owelle Onyeka Mbaso, said on Friday.
Rumours that Obiano will leave APGA spread across the state, following the defection of his predecessor, Peter Obi, from APGA to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last Monday.
However, in a press statement sent made available toSaturday Independent, Mbaso said the clarification had become necessary to correct the information flying around that Obiano was planning to defect to PDP.
Mbaso said Obiano had no such intention and that he had vowed to take APGA to a greater height.
The statement added: “All those people planning to kill APGA will understand that APGA is a religion. Religion can never die because it is a doctrine that has been embedded in the minds and hearts of the believers.”
Meanwhile, the member representing Ogbaru Federal Constituency, Anambra State, in the House of Representatives, Hon. Victor Afam Ogene, has dismissed fears of the probable death of the party following the recent defection of former Governor Peter Obi from the party to the PDP, saying that the party “is still very much alive.”
Waxing philosophical, Ogene, who spoke to newsmen in Awka, the Anambra State capital on Friday, said: “According to the famous writer, William Shakespeare, the world is a stage and we all are mere players. Former Governor Obi has played his part admirably on the APGA stage and has decided to move on. But that does not mean that the show is over?”
Meanwhile, National Chairman of APGA), Chief Victor Umeh, has pleaded with the supporters of the party not to take the defection of Obi as a serious issue, saying it cannot affect the fortunes of the party.
He likened the former governor’s exit to a church situation where old members would leave with their belief and new converts would join.
Umeh who spoke to Saturday Independent after the defection of over 7000 members of All Progressives Congress (APC), PDP and Labour Party (LP) in Delta State to APGA at Asaba, said the party would continue to wax stronger despite the defection of Obi, which would not in any way stop the party from winning more states and seats at the state and national assemblies.
Source: Daily Independent