Anambra: Gov. Obiano’s re-election bid under threat as factional crisis tears APGA apart
A lingering leadership friction in the All Progressives Grand Alliance could derail the re-election bid of Governor Willie Obiano in Anambra State, latest checks by PREMIUM TIMES have shown. The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed November 18 for the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the state. But several months of leadership tussles which resulted in a myriad of lawsuits in several jurisdictions across the country could see the governor disqualified by INEC from participating in the election. Earlier this week, Mr. Obiano was in Abuja to reportedly convince INEC officials to recognise his faction and allow him the chance to participate in the election proper. But his aides said their principal was not scheming for a way out of the crisis, insisting he was only in town to pick up his primary nomination form on the platform of the party. Although the electoral empire said no concrete resolution had been reached over the crisis as it relates to the 2017 pol...