APGA youths protests, warn against handing governorship ticket to former CBN governor, Prof. Soludo

Ahead of Anambra governorship election in November this year, protesting All Progressives Alliance Youth leaders of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the 21 Local Government Areas of Anambra State, protested an alleged plan to hand the party’s governorship ticket to Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo.

The youth leaders in numbers marched on Friday to the State Secretariat warning the party against imposition.

A youth leader who identified himself as Mr. Michael Izunna led scores of youths with placards warning the leadership of the party.

Izunna told the APGA leadership to be careful in the choice of governorship candidate to avoid implosion in the party.

The youths call for a free and fair primary election in the party.

“We have the interest of the party at heart, that is why we are here to plead with the party to do the right thing.

“We have heard that there are plans to make members of United Anambra Youth Assembly (U-AYA) and United Anambra Women Assembly (U-AWA) as delegates. We strongly oppose this and call for a normal primary election.

They said, they were ready to defend the party with their last blood, stating that as stakeholders, they would not watch the party doing things wrongly.

“The message we are bringing to the leadership of the party today is that it must carry the youths along as far as the process leading to the election is concerned, again is that the primary election must be free and fair. Let every aspirant must go to the election and let the delegates be free to elect their candidate,” he said.

The youths were protesting over the alledged plan by APGA to use members of a political group, U-AYA and U-AWA as delegates in the forthcoming primary of the party.

U-AYA has been at the forefront clamouring for the party to hand former CBN governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo its ticket for the November 2021 governorship election in Anambra State.

But, receiving the protesters, the party’s youth leader in the State, Mr. Magnus Eziokwu assured that the process would be free and fair.

He said APGA was not known for manipulation of candidates, saying the national and State leadership of the party love the youths.

“We thank you for coming to register your protest, and I want to assure you that we all are concerned about a free and fair primary election in the party, and we will spare nothing to achieve that.”