The
All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, yesterday February 6th adopted Bianca Ojukwu, wife of the party's late
National Leader, Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu, as the party’s National Leader.
This was made known by the party's leader, Chief Maxi Okwu at a National Executive Committee, NEC,
meeting in Abuja yesterday.
"The National Executive Committee,
NEC, of our great party reconfirms and further resolves the earlier
decision taken on February 16, 2013 and on March 22, 2013, at the one
year anniversary of the demise of our late leader and icon, Dim
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. That
he remains our symbol and leader the fact of his transit to glory
notwithstanding. His wife and next of kin, Iyom Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu
is hereby adopted as the living embodiment of his ideals. She shall in
his stead be acknowledged as Leader. She is aware of the existing
situation and she gave her consent, and we adopted her. We still respect
Governor Peter Obi as one of our leaders, and he is also aware of this
development.” Chief Okwu said
