The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abia State is battling over the vacant position of the National Welfare Officer in the National Working Committee of the party.
The position is vacant following the death of Friday Nwosu, who previously occupied the seat.
Sources in the party said that the state chapter may have submitted multiple nominees for the position.
Multiple sources confirmed that the State Executive Committee had earlier on March 28, 2023 nominated a seasoned technocrat and party chieftain, Rev. Dan Imo, which obviously didn’t go down with the constituents.
Some of the aggrieved state party members claimed Imo was a neophyte who has no political clout. They also accused the Abia SEC of failing to organize a state Congress and secure the consent of the zonal executive committee before forwarding his name to the NWC.
Although there are claims the Abia party leadership proposed Deacon Obinna Atuonwu without consulting state congress and stakeholders, grassroots party leader have vowed to oppose it by forwarding the name of former Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Martins Azubuike to the NWC.
Azubuike served as the fifth Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly and was also a Deputy gubernatorial candidate in the 2019 general election.
