By: Felix Ikpotor
Former caretaker chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Igo Aguma, Tuesday, appeared at the grand finale of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, campaign rally for Port Harcourt city local government area.
Rivers State is billed to conduct local council elections on 17 April council.
His appearance at the rally sparked suspicion that the former federal lawmaker had quietly joined the ruling party in the state barely one month after he left the APC.
Aguma while announcing resignation from the APC on March 5th 2021 following the Supreme Court ruling which recognised Isaac Ogbobula as the authentic caretaker chairman had said the party has failed to protect the rights of members.
Aguma said, “I have received the Supreme Court judgement which dismissed my Appeal challenging the Court of Appeal decision which upturned the High Court judgment that declared me as Acting Chairman of APC in Rivers state.
“It is now clear that it is not within the purview of the Court to protect the rights and privileges of members of a political party, in this case, the APC. It is the APC that should protect the rights of its members but has failed to do so.
“I can not continue to be a member of a Political party that endangers and does not give any form of protection to the rights of its members and has no respect whatsoever for its own constitution at all but chooses to be run against democratic principles intoto for self-destructive purposes.
“Therefore I announce my exit from the All Progressives Congress immediately. To God be the glory”.
