2027: Abaribe Responds To APGA’s 24-Hour Ultimatum Over Fraternity With ADC

The Senator representing Abia South in the National Assembly, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has berated members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) over the accusation of alliance with the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

Naija News reports that the Abia State chapter of APGA, in a statement signed by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Chukwuemeka Nwokoro, after its caucus meeting in Umuahia on Tuesday night, issued a 24-hour ultimatum to Abaribe to clear the air over his alleged fraternity with the ADC or face sanctions.

APGA informed the former Senate Minority Leader that nobody would belong to two political parties simultaneously and demanded his stance on the allegation of anti-party activity.

The party stated that Senator Abaribe held meetings on August 18 and September 23, respectively, at his event centre in Aba, where he allegedly promoted ADC instead of APGA, and challenged him to confirm or deny his rumoured defection to ADC personally.

Senator Abaribe was also accused of abandoning the party and treating its leadership with disdain after using the party’s platform to secure a fifth term in the red chamber.

In response, Abaribe, speaking through his media aide, Uchenna Awom, in an interview with Vanguard, stated that the party knew how to access the Senator as its leader in the state and should stop dwelling on rumours.

According to Awom, it was unfair for the party to issue an ultimatum to Abaribe based on unverified rumour without hearing from him.

He said, “Senator Abaribe is alive. As APGA leader in Abia, the party has all the channels to access him. He doesn’t have any issues with them. They should write to him and personally hear from him.”

Asked if Abaribe had truly defected to ADC, Awom said, “As an experienced politician, he knows how to go about it. Has he communicated to them that he has left APGA? They don’t just sit down and do arm-twisting to get words out from his mouths.”

Source: Naijanews