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Ebonyi: Ezza South APC factions agree to embrace peace

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The various factions behind the crisis rocking All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ezza South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, have resolved to work together for the interest of the party.

The political office holders have been in a prolonged factions over, who controls the ruling party in Ezza South.

The faction, one loyal to the senator representing Ebonyi Central Zone, Kenneth Eze and the other loyal to Mrs Euphemia Nwali, the local government Chairperson.

As the supremacy battle continues unabated, state Chairman of the party, Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha summoned an emergency peace meeting of all the warring groups and their sponsors in attendance on Thursday at the Party’s state secretariat in Abakiliki, the state capital were

Addressing newsmen after a five hours closed-door meeting, the state Chairman of APC, Stanley Okoro Emegha, stated that he had intervene into the supremacy battle between the stakeholders as a father of the party.

He said “there is no father that will see crisis in his home and he will be happy.

“There were little misunderstanding between the leaders of our party in various levels. So, I felt that it was necessary for me to intervene and resolved it.

“It was like family discussions, it was like correcting ourselves, it was like knowing what you are supposed to do, it was like I erred in certain areas and it was like I am sorry.”

On his part, the Senator representing Ebonyi Central Zone, Kenneth Eze said he and other warring bigwigs have agreed to embrace peace and commended the party Chairman for wadding into the crisis.

“All we just had here is just family meeting. In any family, there are bound to be issues in 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.

He 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 new breath of life in Ezza South Local Government Area.

“Our supporters are already seeing us 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.

The Chairman of Ezza South Local Government Area, Mrs. Euphemia Nwali who spoke said she has accepted the outcome of the meeting and was ready for peace.

She commended the state party Chairman for uniting the stakeholders, describing him as a man of peace.

She said “the state party 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 the party Chairman. 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?