A member of the screening panel of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Onwuka Ukwa, has said that neither the party's National Chairman, Chief Victor Umeh, nor Governor Peter Obi, influenced the disqualification of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Prof. Charles Soludo and five other gubernatorial aspirants from standing for the party's primary election.
Ukwa, who was a Deputy National Chairman of the party said the party complied with the provisions of the party's constitution as well as the guidelines set out for the screening before arriving at the eventual disqualification of six aspirants and clearing of the remaining seven. The party's screening committee had disqualified six out of the 13 aspirants that purchased nomination forms of the party.
Those affected include, Soludo, a former SSG in the state, Oseloka Obaze, Emmanuel Nweke, Ogbuefi Tony Nnachetta, Chinedu Francis Idigo and Dr. Chike Obidigbo. The appeal panel also ratified their disqualification last Saturday, thereby foreclosing their further participation in the November 16, governorship election on the platform of APGA.
National Mirror