APGA GIVES ABARIBE 24 HOURS TO CLARIFY ALLEGED ADC TIES OR FACE SANCTIONS
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By Sunmisola Shodayo
The Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has imposed a 24-hour deadline on Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia South) to elucidate his purported association with the African Democratic Congress (ADC) or face punitive measures.
In a communiqué endorsed by its Publicity Secretary, Chukwuemeka Nwokoro, following a caucus assembly in Umuahia on Tuesday evening, APGA accused Abaribe of forsaking the party and engaging with the ADC after securing re-election to the Senate on APGA’s platform.
The organization contended that Abaribe organized gatherings at his event center in Aba on August 18 and September 23, where he openly advocated for the ADC. It also referenced a recent radio broadcast in which the Abia ADC secretary stated that Abaribe was not only a member but also a leader of the party within the state.
APGA asserted that the senator had disregarded invitations to confer with the party’s leadership, labeling his behavior as a breach of APGA’s constitution.
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“Extant laws forbid a person from belonging to two political parties at the same time. Senator Abaribe cannot belong to APGA and ADC simultaneously,” the statement declared.
“He is hereby given 24 hours from the release of this press statement to refute or deny the speculation of his ADC membership, publicly, through both print and electronic media, failing which the party will take prompt disciplinary action.”
Response from Abaribe’s camp
In response, Abaribe’s media spokesperson, Uchenna Awom, dismissed the ultimatum as hasty and grounded in conjecture.
“Senator Abaribe is alive. As APGA leader in Abia, the party has all the channels to access him. They should write to him and hear from him directly instead of dwelling on rumours,” Awom stated.
When asked if Abaribe had switched allegiance to ADC, he replied: “As an experienced politician, he knows how to go about such matters. Has he communicated to them that he has left APGA? They shouldn’t engage in arm-twisting to extract words from him.”
Abaribe, who first entered the Senate in 2007 under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and has secured three re-elections before aligning with APGA in 2023, is presently serving his fifth term.
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