Bianca Ojukwu and Gov Willie Obiano Bianca Ojukwu, the widow of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, has described the All Progressives Grand Alliance as a secret cult, expressing fear over the get together's dwindling political fortune.
"APGA is now like a secret cult, and this has reduced our once vibrant party to a shadow of its former self," she lamented.
Ojukwu made the remarks in a press release to mark the posthumous birthday of the late Biafran warlord on November 4.
She acknowledged that it was of great concern that members of APGA had been decamping to different political events of their numbers, particularly the All Progressives Congress.
Ms Ojukwu blamed the present state of affairs in APGA on what she referred to as "leadership failure" by the get together.
She stated, "Bad leadership has left a deeply wounded and visibly divided party, with members decamping from the party almost on a daily basis with the alacrity of rats deserting a sinking ship,"
"Curiously, they are almost all defecting to APC. Our party has lost almost half of our state and national legislators, several principal members of our board of trustees, including the secretary of the board.""The serving deputy governor of the state, Dr Nkem Okeke, who joined the APC recently, party local government leaders, countless party executive members, including Governor Obiano's own ward chairman all joining APC is very worrisome," she added.
Ms Ojukwu blamed APGA's current chief, Governor Willie Obiano and his henchmen for the get together's downfall.
In response to her, the state is struggling essentially the most excessive state of insecurity underneath his watch, which has just lately seen a number of residents, together with a standard ruler in his neighborhood, gunned down in broad daylight.
"To the governor's credit, Anambra airport is nearing completion, but then, the intercity roads and roads leading to the communities are in a terrible state, and this has created a persistent gridlock within the state", she stated.
The previous magnificence queen, nevertheless, expressed optimism that regardless of the plain cracks, she was assured that APGA would do nicely throughout the Saturday election.
She stated APGA was not only a political get together however a mind-set.
"The party has a good candidate in this guber election in the person of Prof. Charles Soludo, and he has all it takes to chart a new course both in the trajectory of the party and the state," she stated.
