The All
Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, under the leadership of Chief Maxi Okwu,
yesterday, adopted Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu, wife of its late National Leader,
Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu, as the party’s National Leader.
This was
disclosed in a communiqué signed by the party’s Acting National Publicity
Secretary, Mr. Stanley Chira, which was read by the National Chairman, Chief
Maxi Okwu after a National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting in Abuja.
Okwu said: “The
National Executive Committee, NEC, of our great party reconfirms and further
resolves the earlier decision taken on February 16, 2013 and on March
22, 2013, at the one year anniversary of the demise of our late leader
and icon, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.
That he remains
our symbol and leader the fact of his transit to glory notwithstanding. His
wife and next of kin, Iyom Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu is hereby adopted as the
living embodiment of his ideals. She shall in his stead be acknowledged as
Leader.
She is aware of
the existing situation and she gave her consent, and we adopted her. We still
respect Governor Peter Obi as one of our leaders, and he is also aware of this
development.”
Okwu also
commended the judgement at the Federal High Court, Abuja, and promised to use
it to recover, refocus and rebrand the soul of the party.