Bianca Ojukwu emerged APGA’s National Leader

Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, has been named the national leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA.

Her adoption was done at the National Executive Committee meeting of the party in Abuja, Thursday night.

Bianca, Nigeria’s envoy to Spain is the widow of Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu, a former leader of the party.

The choice of Amb. Bianca Ojukwu as APGA national leader and President Jonathan’s endorsement were all part of seven-point communiqué issued at the end of the party’s NEC meeting.

The party, while commending the judgment of Abdulkadir Abdul-Kafarati of the Federal High Court in Abuja delivered on Wednesday January 15 2015 in a suit between Chief Maxi Okwu and others v s Chief Victor Umeh and others as inclusive and brilliant, said it would use the judgement to recover its soul , re-focus and rebrand itself in the near future.

It applauded the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the release of 2015 electoral timetable and urged the commission to maintain the old practice of consulting political parties before taking major decisions on the conduct of the election.

The committee called for the inauguration of its Board of Trustees with initial 24 members that would be meeting in two weeks in line with the provisions of Article 10 and 11 sub(10) (3) of the party’s constitution to elect the Board’s chairman and secretary.