The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has been advised to fuse with the All Progressives Congress, APC in order to stand a better chance at winning Anambra state governorship election in the Southeast region of Nigeria.
The Director General of Voice of Nigeria and a Chieftain of APC, Mr. Osita Okechukwu gave the advice in an interview with journalists in Abuja.
He said a fusion of APC and APGA would also give the South-East region a better chance to produce a President in Nigeria in 2023.
He noted that the APC and APGA have had a long history of political understanding which dates back to 2013.
“So, that suggestion was made from the prism of the pragmatic Zikist political model, which joins us with APGA. Pragmatism is the best strategy for Ndigbo to kill two birds with one stone, because if APGA fuses into APC that will gift APC with three states in the Southeast geopolitical zone – a milestone.”
“With three strategic states of Southeast in APC’s kitty, that is a halfway stroke to Ndigbo’s ambition of achieving Nigeria president of Igbo extraction in 2023. Therefore, I implore to kindly consider the fruit in APGA joining APC to win the Anambra governorship. Other details will be cordially harmonized.”
“My take is that if the two parties-APGA and APC-come together under one bloc, it would then be possible for us to weigh the two flag bearers, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo and Senator Andy Uba, on the scale of which of them could better win the election in terms of acceptability, integrity, public service record, capacity and vision for good governance,” the VON DG stated.
Mr. Okechukwu, while faulting the claim by Chinedu Obidigwe that APC was plotting a forceful takeover of Anambra State insisted that the feasibility of his suggestion could be seen from the political understanding between the All Peoples Party (APP) and Alliance for Democracy (AD) in 1999.
“We must recall that in 1999, based on strategic thinking, AD and APP were merged for the Presidential election.
“But, although the powers that be wanted Chief Olusegun Obasanjo of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), every stakeholder in APP and AD, and indeed all progressive Nigerians saw the political understanding as a win- win offering on the ballot. So, with the benefit of hindsight, I am seeing the same opportunity for APGA and APC in Anambra State” Mr. Okechukwu said.
Dominica Nwabufo
