By CHRIS OCHAYI
ABUJA—Following the defeats he suffered at various courts over  leadership tussle in All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, founder and ex-National Chairman of the party, Chief Chekwas Okorie, in a dramatic move yesterday, returned the party’s original certificate of registration to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

The letter read: “It is to the knowledge of the Independent National Electoral Commission that I, Chief Chekwas Okorie, being the founder of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, (Section 18 (1) of the APGA Constitution registered with the Commission refers) have been in possession of the original Certificate of Registration of the Party since June 24, 2002, when the party was registered.

“In view of the fact that I and my associates have resolved on our volition to halt further leadership dispute in APGA and discontinue all legal actions to that effect, I feel obligated as a responsible and law abiding Nigerian citizen, to return with this letter the original certificate of registration of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, to your commission as the issuing authority.

“Having taken this action, I and my associates shall in good conscience, seek without delay other lawful possibilities of continuing our quest to promote and contribute pragmatically to the deepening of democratic practice, principles and ethos in our dear country, Nigeria.”