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From Okey Sampson, Umuahia
Frontline governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State, Chief Mascot Uzor Kalu, has warned against the imposition of a candidate for the governorship seat in the party.
Kalu said any such action would bring untold consequences to the party in the state.
In a statement, he said his attention was drawn to a so-called stakeholders’ meeting being convened in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, yesterday, where members of the APC State Executive, LGA Chairmen and other handpicked party stakeholders have been reportedly instructed to mobilise 20 persons per ward under the belief that the meeting was about the presidential campaigns for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu.
“Credible information available to me indicates that this gathering is nothing more than a premeditated plan to foist an aspirant on the party through an endorsement charade.
“Let it be stated clearly and without ambiguity: any premeditated consensus arrangement orchestrated by the APC State Working Committee (SWC) and stakeholders, without the participation of all aspirants contesting for the same position, is illegitimate, unacceptable and null and void ab initio. Such an imposition will be met with stiff and unequivocal resistance.
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“The APC in Abia must not be reduced to a tool for personal ambition or manipulated to serve narrow interests. Party executives were elected to uphold fairness, internal democracy and due process, not to act as agents of endorsement for any individual.”
Kalu cautioned the Abia APC SWC to desist from actions that could undermine party unity and credibility, adding that the era of coercion, backdoor arrangements and political puppetry is over.
“As elected custodians of the party structure, members of the SWC must remain neutral and refrain from dancing to the tune of any aspirant.”
Kalu said no amount of intimidation would make him step down, stressing that every Abian has the constitutional right to run for any political office they deemed fit.
“We shall not be cajoled into believing that one individual, who is not prepared to run for office, is now the anointed candidate.”
He equally warned the APC SWC to desist from attending any pro-group meetings, especially those convened by aspirants, so as to maintain the integrity of the party, which he said is non-negotiable.
