The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Anambra State have pulled out of the All Progressive Congress (APC) merger ahead of the November 16 governorship election in the state....
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the state Secretary of the defunct ANPP, Mr. Mike Igwilo, made this known to journalists in Awka yesterday, saying the party was pulling out because it was not consulted in all the activities leading to the merger and the recent primaries in the state which produced Senator Chris Ngige as the standard bearer.
“We are marginalised in the party and not carried along. For this reason, we find it difficult to explain the merger to our supporters who now move like sheep without shepherd,” he said. Igwilo said ANPP would make public its next plan of action before the end of September.
At a separate news conference, the state Chairman of the CPC, Mr. Chuba Ikeagwu, told journalists that the party had joined the newly formed Peoples Democratic Movement (PDM).
He said the APC did not give a level playing ground for other merging political parties to compete for the governorship ticket in the primaries alleging that only the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) controls the party machinery in the state.
"There is no equity in the sharing of positions, ACN dominated and took everything,’’ Ikeagwu alleged.
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