APGA alleged that Senator Abaribe held two meetings in August at his event centre in Aba and promoted ADC instead of APGA.
By Kehinde Okeowo
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has given Senator representing Abia South, Enyinnaya Abaribe 24 hours to respond to allegations that he is fraternising with the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
This was conveyed in a statement issued by the party’s Publicity Secretary in Abia State, Chukwuemeka Nwokoro, after APGA’s caucus meeting in Umuahia on Tuesday night.
According to Nwokoro, Abaribe needs to declare his stand because he cannot belong to two political parties at the same time.
He also accused the former Senate Minority Leader of abandoning APGA and treating its leadership with disdain after using the party’s platform to secure a fifth term at the red chamber.
APGA further alleged that the federal lawmaker 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 personally confirm or deny his rumoured defection to ADC.
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Responding to the allegations, Abaribe’s media aide, Uchenna Awom, urged the party to stop dwelling on rumours, adding that it knows how to access the Senator.
He also said it was wrong for APGA to issue an ultimatum to the Senator based on unverified rumour, arguing that it amounts to acting “on subterfuge”.
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.”
He added: “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.”
