By Ovat Abeng
Anambra State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress( APC) has expelled the former Transition Committee Chairman of Ogbaru local government area, Comrade Arinze Awogu and 29 other members of the party for filing a legal actions against the party.
Awogu, the National coordinator of Ikemba Front, an APC support group and the 29 other members include some National Assembly aspirants of the party and going by their expulsion they may not be qualified to participate in the party’s 2027 primary elections.
Disclosing this shortly after the meeting of the State Executive Committee SEC of the party, held in Awka, on Monday, May 11th, 2026, the State Publicity Secretary Dr Valentine Iyke Iiobi, told reporters that it was in line with section 21 sub section 5 of the Constitution of the party.
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“The party discussed those that took the party to Court and many of them are contesting for the House of Representatives tickets of the party.”
“The matter comes up tomorrow and the SEC states that what the party Constitution stipulated would be followed and that it is outright expulsion from the party .under Article 21 sub 5.”
“The SEC actually ratified their expulsion because they did not exhaust all the avenues of party to resolve their problems.”
He noted that the only reprieve for the expelled members is for them to withdraw the matters from the Court.
“It is only when the matters are withdrawn from the Court that the party can consider listening to them,” he said.
On the party primary elections he explained that;
“In the case of those that are contesting for the tickets of the Federal House of Representatives, the eleven positions have aspirants but in the case of the Senate we have the three positions being contested for and the Screening Committees were here to perform their duties,” he noted.
The party also ratified the appointment of a five man Primary Elections Committee headed by Sir Izuchukwu Okeke who is the State Organizing Secretary of the party.
The SEC equally inaugurate a disciplinary committee chair by Sen Barr Margery Chuba-Okadigbo.
