I'M Not Part Of Merger- Senator Anyanwu...As Okorocha Says APC,Not At War With PDP

Gov.Okorocha(l) and Senator Chris Anyanwu

  More knocks have come the way of Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha over his unilateral decision to drag the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) into the merger of four opposition political parties namely the ANPP, ACN, CPC which gave birth to All Progressive Congress, APC.

The latest knock is coming from the Senator representing Imo East Senatorial district, Senator Chris Anyanwu. 

Anyanwu was elected to the senate on the platform of APGA in the 2011 elections.

According to Anyanwu’s aide, Evarest Ezihe, in his response to inquiries made by this blog, he clarified that the distinguished senator was not consulted on the issue and therefore not part of the arrangement.

Senator Anyanwu and Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has been involved in political altercations which culminated in the clash of their convoys of the duo on December 26, 2012 along Owerri-Umuahia road.  Both the Governor and the Senator since then have engaged in political cat and mouse game that has continued widen their political differences.

Governor Okorocha who surprisingly showed up at a meeting of 11 opposition governors held in Lagos, Tuesday, has continued to receive knocks from a faction of APGA loyal to Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State over his latest political move. 

On Wednesday, the Anambra State chapter of the APGA disassociated itself from the merger, saying Governor Okorocha of Imo State acted alone. The party restated that APGA is working in tandem with the Goodluck Jonathan Administration having garnered juicy positions including an ambassadorial slot from the PDP led Federal Government.

Meanwhile, a national private television based in Lagos, reported that Governor Okorocha said that the APC is not at war with the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), claiming that most of the leaders of the APC were at one time PDP leaders.