Amb. Bianca Ojukwu
By Ben Onuh
All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders in Anambra have condemned the nomination by President Bola Tinubu of Amb. Bianca Ojukwu, widow of late Biafra secessionist leader, Dim Odimegwu Ojukwu, as a minister-designate.
The party leaders questioned the rationale behind Tinubu’s decision to appoint Bianca, a member of the Board of Trustees of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), without consulting the state’s APC leadership.
Rising from an emergency meeting of the party’s stakeholders in Awka, the APC leaders described the appointment as an anti-party action and a gross violation of party loyalty that undermined the morale of their members.
High Chief Bunty Onuigbo, the South East Zonal Secretary of APC and a member of the APC Elders Forum in Anambra, made this known on behalf of the stakeholders.
“This is nothing but an act of anti-party, and it is detrimental.
“By empowering members of other political parties at the expense of the APC in Anambra State, Mr President is not supporting party loyalty.
“Does Mr President want a mass defection of APC members in Anambra to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)?
”Is he indirectly working for APGA in Anambra State?
“The leadership in Abuja seems to be enhancing the fortunes of rival parties at the expense of the APC.
“This situation is both unheard of and highly demoralising,” he said.
Periscope International reports that of the seven new ministers announced on Wednesday, Amb. Ojukwu’s appointment as Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, has been the most talked about, with Nigerians across various social media accounts debating President Tinubu’s move.