April 29, (THEWILL)- The All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwarts in Ezza South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State have agreed to sheath their swords, to give peace a chance and to resolve their differences.
Political stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) had been enmeshed in a political crisis and were divided into two factions, one loyal to the member of the Senate representing Ebonyi-Central, Ken Eze and the other loyal to Mrs Euphemia Nwali, the Chairman of the local government area.
Consequently, the Chairman of the party in Ebonyi, Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha, convened a meeting to end the imbroglio and battle of wits.
The meeting, which was held at the APC state secretariat, Abakaliki, the state capital, had all the warring bigwigs in attendance.
Emegha told journalists after the meeting that he had to intervene in the supremacy battle between the stakeholders as a father of the party.
He said, “There is no father that will see a crisis in his home and he will be happy. There was a little misunderstanding between the leaders of our party at various levels. So, I felt that it was necessary for me to intervene.
“It was like a family discussion. It was like correcting ourselves. Also, it was like knowing what you are supposed to do. It was like I erred in certain areas and had to apologise.”
On his part, the Senator Ken Eze said he and other party chieftains had agreed to embrace peace. He commended the State Chairman of the party for wading into the crisis.
“All we had here was just a family meeting. In a family, there are bound to be issues, one way or the other. It takes the wisdom of the father to take charge and call his children to order.
“So, that’s exactly what the leadership of the party has done today through the party Chairman, Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha being our father and our leader, has called his children and talked to us and everything was resolved amicably.
“You can see the Chairman of Ezza South Local Government, Mrs Euphemia Nwali beside me and other leaders are here and we are happy.
“With what we are seeing, there is a new breath of life in Ezza South Local Government Area.
“Our supporters are already seeing that there is peace now, there will not be any disagreement between our supporters to warrant discipline. We are going to charge them from this meeting to key into the peace initiative that the party has made”, he stated.
Speaking, Mrs Nwali said she had accepted the outcome of the meeting and was ready for peace.
She commended the state chairman of the party for uniting the stakeholders, describing him as a man of peace.
She said, “The State Chairman is a father indeed. He is a man of peace. He has brought peace to us and there is no way we will disobey him. The party is supreme. We must abide by what the party says.
“We have a party Chairman who is doing wonderfully well. Who are we not to abide by his decision?”
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