BY ENYIM   ENYIM

ONITSHA — National chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Maxi Okwu, has appealed to the governor of Anambra State and chairman of the BoT of the party, Mr Peter Obi, to quickly resolve the recent leadership crisis in the party.

Okwu, who only two weeks ago bounced back as chairman of the party by virtue of a Federal High Court in Abuja, spoke at a stakeholders meeting held at his country home, Nkpokolo, Achi in Oji River local government area of Enugu State.

Okwu said he was prepared for dialogue and reconciliation between him and the erstwhile national chairman, Chief Victor Umeh, for the party to move forward.

He said:  “I appeal to Governor Peter Obi who chief Victor Umeh made the chairman of the Board of Trustee of our great party to reconcile aggrieved members for the party to move forward.

“He ( Obi) brought me in as the national chairman and I am still loyal to him.  I pray he does the right thing”.
He called on the governor to as a matter of urgency and in the interest of the party, advise Umeh to discontinue his legal battle at the Appeal Court, ‘because there is nothing to stay in his suit asking for a stay of action on the judgement of the federal high court that declared me the authentic chairman.

”Umeh should take a terminal leave to allow APGA grow to greater height especially this period we are preparing on how to make sure that President Goodluck Jonathan wins the 2015 presidential election.

He has been parading himself as the national chairman without any new ideas injected into the party.”

He said his administration would re-brand APGA by ensuring that members were carried along in the scheme of things as opposed to Umeh’s administration, assuring that APGA would capture Enugu and other states in subsequent elections.

Okwu described as false insinuations by a faction loyal to Umeh that a Federal High Court in Abuja had granted a stay of execution order on the judgment that enthroned him as chairman and appealed to members of the party to be steadfast in their loyalty to his executive.