A Chieftain of All progressive Grand Alliance (APGA)
and former governorship candidate in
Lagos State in the 2015 general election, Barr Bob Okoroji in lagos yesterday stated that the party structure has been hijacked by Buccaneers within the party.
He stated this while granting interview to newsmen on
the crisis in APGA and other issues. He said that these buccaneers have
derailed the party from its objectives just for their selfish interest.
“A lot of buccaneers hijacked APGA just few years
before its formation and converted the party from its original plan as the
party that would bring Nigerians together and pursue the interest of the
oppressive people of Nigeria, especially the people of South-East.
“Though APGA is a national party but don’t forget it
has its origin in the South-East. The south easterners have suffered all kinds
of discriminations in the country. So,
this group of buccaneers hijacked the party and derailed the party from its
original programme and visions and converted it to a trading post and money
making machine.
“From mid 2000 till the present, National Executives
of the party came into being around June 2015, APGA has been for merchandising.
We have never presented a presidential candidate after Ojukwu in 2003. Under
President Jonathan, they traded APGA to PDP, and the leadership made money not
for APGA but for themselves.
“In 2015, they did the same thing by adopting Jonathan
without negotiating interest. Somebody would ask, what does APGA gain by adopting Jonathan, nothing other than bloated
pockets of leaders at the national level. They suddenly became billionaires and
traded the party off without discussing with the stakeholders in the party.
He however, believes that with the expulsion of some buccaneers
in the party that the party would come out of the crisis, more united and would
be a force to reckon with come 2019.
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