APGA [faction] disowns Governor Rochas Okorocha for joining newly merged APC

A faction of All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, led by Mseilla Massalla, weekend, disowned Imo State governor, Owella Rochas Okorocha, for joining the newly merged party, All Progressives Congress, APC, without consultation with other APGA members.

The party at a media briefing weekend in Abuja by its Board of Trustees, BoT member and former Minister of Health, Dr. Tim Menkaya, declared that for one of APGA governors to participate in a meeting where the merger of opposition parties was endorsed was ridiculous and unfortunate.

Dr. Menakaya, who said they were never invited, consulted or informed about any political parties merger, noted that “the issue of merger of political parties is a very serious matter that needs adequate consultations before a governor participates and makes public statement.”

Besides, the youth arm of the party also denied knowledge of any talks by APGA with other political parties towards merger, saying they read it on the pages of newspapers like other members of the party.

“We wish to make it clear that we have nothing against the state that All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, has never participated in any merger talk with any political party and is therefore not in the merger. We were never consulted by anybody before such statement of our involvement was issued,” Menakaya said.