APGA rejects claims on Obiano’s plan to defect to APC

APC nullifies insinuations that Obiano will decamp to APC.

The National Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Oye, on Tuesday dismissed claims that Governor Willie Obiano plans to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Oye’s reaction, according to Punch, was sequel to speculations that Obiano had a secret agreement with APC to return him in the Anambra gubernatorial election held on Saturday.

The report said that was the reason the party did not institute a strong fight against him in the race.

He therefore, described the report as untrue, while speaking in Amawbia, Awka South Local Government Area of the state, saying with the landslide victory of APGA in the election, the party contested with “courage and boldness” despite “threats and intimidation from different quaters.”

Oye also stated that the party would win eight governorship seats in the 2019 general elections.

“We have drawn a road map to achieve this feat ahead of the 2019 elections. APGA remains the party with a clear ideology.

“It was the confidence and trust we had in God that gave us the victory. APGA, through the just-concluded election, has set a record by changing the political landscape of the state.”

“Some people had said that the election would mark the end of APGA, and that we would pack our bags and baggage and disappear from the political scene. But all I simply told them is ‘if God agrees.’

“It was the attack of the opposition that helped us to win because if they had not challenged us the way they did, probably we wouldn’t have put in much effort as we did,” he said.