The New All Progressives Grand Alliance (N-APGA) in Imo State has adopted Independent Democrats (ID) as the political party through which to prosecute the governorship and other elections in the state in 2019.
N-APGA, which emerged as a pressure group within the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) following the party’s bungled primary elections in October, said in a statement, Tuesday, that Independent Democrats would be the political vehicle to actualise its vision of liberating Imo State and creating a state independent of the open brigandage that has been the fate of traumatised Imo people over the recent years.
“With the recent consensus gubernatorial mandate given to Ike C. Ibe by the majority of N-APGA aspirants and supported by the legislative aspirants and many leaders in New APGA, we have given our consent that he pursues his gubernatorial aspiration alongside our legislative aspirants under the banner of ID. Together, we shall succeed in not only bringing our dear Imo back to life, but set her once more on the path of the development we truly deserve,” said the statement signed by Chinedu Ukawuilu, media aide to Ike C. Ibe.
“N-APGA remains a strong and potent force not only seeking the recovery of the APGA spirit but also the preservation of the independence of our people from the shackles of anti-democratic forces. We will not disappoint our people because we have all been traumatised. We must succeed. We will succeed. We have no other option but to succeed,” the statement said.
Independent Democrats was registered as a political party by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on August 16, 2013, alongside the People’s Democratic Movement (PDM).
Confirming the development in a Facebook post on Tuesday, Ibe, who was elected the N-APGA consensus governorship candidate on October 23 in a meeting that had about 12 aggrieved APGA governorship aspirants in attendance, said despite the unfair treatment he and other aspirants received at the party’s primaries, the desire to bring true development to Imo State through people-oriented plans and programmes remains intact.
“After serious prayers and political consultations, we have decided to continue the pursuit of our governorship campaign under the platform of Independent Democrats (ID). This decision was arrived at after considering so many factors, including the fact that majority of my colleagues in the Guber race in APGA elected me as their consensus candidate. Many members of APGA who have conscience as well as thousands of members of our now powerful group N-APGA have all given me their support for this direction,” Ibe said.
Ibe said his pursuit of the governorship position was motivated by the deprivation Imo people have suffered as a result of bad leadership, corruption, and nepotism, promising to protect and develop the state equitably across our 27 LGAs, if elected.
“In this modern century, we should not still be battling with mundane projects like roads, water, electricity, schools, hospitals, etc. These are very basic things that focused governments shouldn’t brag about. This is a century where responsible leaders around the world take the lives and wellbeing of their citizens as topmost priority and do everything necessary to ensure that citizens enjoy their fleeting lives,” he said. With CHUKS OLUIGBO
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