The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has
resigned as the Chairman, Board of Trustees and leader of the All Progressives
Grand Alliance.
In a resignation letter addressed to the National Secretary
of the party and submitted in the party’s Abuja office on Friday, Obi said he
was resigning as the leader and BoT chairman into which he was appointed in
January 2014 by the National Executive Council of the Party.
Though he noted that his appointment as BoT chairman had yet
to be ratified by a Convention of the party as stipulated by the constitution,
Obi cited family and personal reasons for the resignation without giving
details.
He, however, wished the party well in her future endeavors,
adding that he remained an ordinary APGA member.
Widely acknowledged as the man who kept APGA alive over the
past decade, Obi had recently been denied appointment as a minister by
President Goodluck Jonathan because he refused to defect from APGA to the
ruling Peoples Democratic Party.
When contacted, his media aide, Mr. Valentine Obienyem
confirmed the development.
He said, “If you recall, my boss was nominated the Leader of
the Party and the Chairman of her Board of Trustees in January. The nomination
has yet to be ratified by a Convention of the Party, when he submitted his
letter of resignation.
“Since the convention will take place next year, people have
found it convenient to blame him for the woes of the party on the reason that
he had failed to intervene on matters affecting the party, not knowing that
without ratification of his nomination, he had no platform under which to
intervene. “
Obienyem said that his boss remained an APGA member, and
would continue to support the party at all times.
It will be recalled that APGA is presently witnessing mass
exodus of her key members, who cite the appropriation of the party by one man
as a reason.
Punch.
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