WHY I RESIGNED AS APGA BOT LEADER – PETER OBI

Facts have emerged as to why former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, resigned as the leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance and chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT).
In a resignation letter addressed to the national secretary of the party and submitted at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja yesterday, Obi cited family and personal reasons as reasons why he decided to quit as the party’s leader.
APGA is presently witnessing exodus of key members, who have cited the appropriation of the party by an individual as a reason.
This, according to the party’s stakeholders stemmed from the leadership tussle, which had polarised the party into two faction with Chief Victor Umeh on one hand and Chief Maxi Okwu on the other hand.
However, the former g o v e r n o r wished the party well in its future endeavours, even though he did not give specific details for his action.
It was gathered that Obi assured the party that he would remain an ordinary member, despite the fact that the party is the ruling party in his home state and which he is generally credited as the party’s backbone.
The news of the resignation of Obi as APGA BoT chairman was first published Friday morning on an online news portal, the News Express.
Obi said he was resigning as leader and BoT chairman into which he was appointed in January 2014 by the National Executive Council which, according to him, was yet to be ratified by a convention of the party as stipulated by the constitution of the party.
When contacted, his media aide, Mr. Valentine Obienyem, confirmed the development.
He said: “If you recall, my boss was nominated the leader of the party and the chairman of her Board of Trustees in January.
The nomination was yet to be ratified by a convention of the party when he submitted his letter of resignation.
“Since the convention will take place next year, people have found it convenient to blame him for the woes of the party on the reason that he had failed to intervene on matters affecting the party, not knowing that without ratification of his nomination, he had no platform under which to intervene.”
Obienyem said his boss remained an APGA member and would continue to support the party at all times.
Speaking with journalists two weeks ago in Awka-Etiti, Idemili South Local Government Area, Anambra State, Obi had lamented that the failure by APGA to ratify the positions had made it impossible for him to have a platform to engage aggrieved party members.
Source: New Telegraph