APC Convention: Fireworks Expected As Northern Caucus Meet Over Party Chair

Fireworks are expected at the APC Northern Caucus Meeting. The meeting was to be held last Friday night but was put off and has been shifted to tomorrow (Monday, June2, 2014).

No reason was given for the shift, but a source said it is to ensure that all stakeholders of the party in the region attend the meeting in Abuja.

This is coming on the heels of intrigues; political maneuvering that has rocked the All Progressive Congress, APC as its national convention draws near.  It is expected to hold between 13- 14 June this year.

It will be recalled that the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha set the ball rolling when he aligned with the South- South to produce the national chairman of the party, a move that has surprised stakeholders of the party in the South East who are rooting for Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu to clinch the exalted position being the sole candidate of the zone.

In turn, Okorocha is believed to be nursing a Vice Presidential ambition as the party is expected to zone its presidential ticket to the North.  

Pundits say Okorocha’s action is selfish and a deliberate attempt to scuttle the chances of Dr. Onu who was one of the founders of the APC. Okorocha joined without a political party, as the APGA he belonged to refused to be part of the merger which gave birth to the APC.

Inside sources close to the APC Northern Caucus revealed that fireworks are expected at the meeting with majority of them insisting that the National Chairmanship position be zoned to the South East to cement the age old bond between the North and the East as well as strengthen the party in the zone.

The source also hinted that the North sees no electoral value in zoning the position to the South South as President Goodluck Jonathan will make a clean sweep of the zone in the 2015 general elections being a son of the soil from the area.

It was gathered that the Northern bloc of the party is considering picking a running mate from the South West which has five State Governors on the party’s platform. It is expected that the North will produce the presidential candidate of the party.