By Chuks Collins
Sizeable number of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State have petitioned the National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda over what they described as ongoing subtle moves to scuttle the coming scheduled Ward, Council and State Congresses in the state in favour retention of the incumbent executives.
They resolved to go for an open, all-inclusive, transparent, free and fair Ward, Council and State Congresses in the State.
Rising from a key Stakeholders meeting in Awka, Sunday, Feb 7,2026 afternoon, the members in a jointly signed communique and petition in which they poured out their heart to the national chairman on their stand, copies of which was forwarded to other key stakeholders and national officers of the party, they called for a popular and transparent Congress to elect new set of executives to run, oversee and supervise the activities of the party in the State.
They insisted that the tenure of the Chief Basil Ejidike-led executive has elapsed.
According to the petition, “We the Representatives of the overwhelming majority members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the 21 Local Government Areas of Anambra State wish to appeal to the National Chairman to ensure that the upcoming congresses in Anambra State is all inclusive, open, free and fair, and that every member of the party in the state is at liberty to contest for any position of his or her choice.
“All Progressive Congress (APC) Anambra State is moribund and requires urgent re-organization and reinvigoration.
“The present party executives from Ward to State are not only inactive, they have totally lost steam, culminating in Mr. President garnering only an embarrassing 5,111 votes in Anambra state in 2023 presidential election.
“For Mr. President to make an appreciable political inroads in Anambra State in the forthcoming 2027 presidential election and for APC to be alive again in Anambra State, it is very necessary that an entirely new executives at all levels of the party be elected.
“It is on record that since after the 2023 presidential election, there has been a tremendous inflow of new entrants from other parties into our great party who are higher in number than the substantive members of the party, as could be seen from the details of the recent e-registration. Hence there is every need to accommodate them in the new executives in order to give them a sense of belonging lest they feel unaccepted and be constrained to leave our great party which will further undermine the party’s capabilities, knowing full well that Mr. Peter Obi of the African Democratic Congress (ADC)is from Anambra state.
“Mr. Chairman, we wish to bring to your attention that Senator Dr. Uche Ekwunife and Hon. Nze Chidi Duru are bent on derailing the upcoming congresses and also destroying the party in Anambra state.
In an expanded caucus meeting of APC Anambra state held on 4/2/26 in Amor Hotels & Suites Abuja, the stakeholders resolved to have an open, free and fair congresses in Anambra, where any member of the party is at liberty to vie for any position of his choice and constituted a committee headed by Senator Dr. Uche Ekwunife to oversee the harmonization of the Wards and Local governments congresses in Anambra State and to make recommendations to the state caucus for deliberation and adoption…”
The members noted further that, “our appeal became necessary because against the decision of the said Anambra state caucus, the above named persons have issued a statement to the All levels of the party executives in Anambra state that they are endorsed to remain in office for another four years and that there will be no all inclusive, free and fair congresses in Anambra state, where any member aspiring to any party office is at liberty to vie.
“We are not surprised of their resolve to undermine the decision of the state caucus because the duo are not interested in the growth of the party but to further their selfish and self-seeking interest, that is why APC got only 4 votes in Hon. Nze Chidi Duru’s polling unit at village Nkpologwu during the 2025 governorship election.
“We further wish to state that Senator Dr. Uche Ekwunife who is a member of National Congress Committee and Hon. Nze Chidi Duru do not represent APC Anambra state and any list of party executives submitted by them should be totally rejected.”
The party members noted that any attempt to perpetuate the present executives in office would further destroy the fabric of the party in Anambra State.
They therefore urged Yilwatda to use his good offices to ensure that the upcoming congresses in Anambra State was not only free and fair as guaranteed by article 20 of the All Progressive Constitution 2022 as amended but open to every member of the party who wish to vie for any position.
