The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Abia State chapter, has given Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, representing Abia South, 24 hours to clear air over his alleged fraternity with the coalition African Democratic Congress, ADC, or face sanctions.
APGA in an announcement after its caucus assembly in Umuahia on Tuesday night time, informed the previous Senate Minority Chief that no person would belong to 2 political events on the similar time, and demanded him to declare his stand.
APGA accused Senator Abaribe of abandoning the social gathering and treating its management with disdain after utilizing the social gathering’s platform to safe a fifth time period on the pink chamber.
The assertion signed by the social gathering’s Publicity Secretary, Chukwuemeka Nwokoro, mentioned that Senator Abaribe held conferences on August 18, and September 23 respectively at his occasion centre in Aba the place he allegedly promoted ADC as an alternative of APGA, and challenged him to personally verify or deny his rumoured defection to ADC.
However in a swift response, Abaribe’s media aide, Uchenna Awom, mentioned the social gathering knew the best way to entry the Senator as its chief within the state, and may cease dwelling on rumours.
He mentioned it was unfair for the social gathering to concern an ultimatum to the Senator based mostly on unverified hearsay with out listening to from him, and suggested them to cease appearing “on subterfuge”.
Awom mentioned:”Senator Abaribe is alive. As APGA chief in Abia, the social gathering has all of the channels to entry him. He doesn’t have any points with them. They need to write to him and personally hear from him.”
Requested if Abaribe had really defected to ADC, the aide mentioned: “As an skilled politician, he is aware of the best way to go about it.”
He added: “Has he communicated to them that he has left APGA? They don’t simply sit down and do arm-twisting to get phrases out from his mouths.”
