APGA National Chairman Denies Abusing Ojukwu

National chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance
(APGA), Dr. Maxi Okwu yesterday denied the allegation made
by a chieftain of the party, Chief Victor Umeh, that he called
late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, an
extremist.
He called on Igbo elders to caution Umeh “against his
penchant to blackmail anybody that differs with him.”
Okwu spoke in Enugu while reacting to a statement credited
to Umeh that he (Okwu) should apologise for insulting
Ojukwu.
Umeh had accused Okwu of describing late APGA Leader, Dim
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, as an “extremist” during
the APGA convention in Awka, Anambra State, on Monday.
But Okwu wondered why Umeh should attribute outright
falsehood to people.
“I hereby call on his people to apologise for what was clearly
falsehood, as I never at any point called Ojukwu an extremist
or used an abusive word against him.”
“From the manner he talks and the way he behaves these
days, we need an assemblage of Igbo elders to talk sense into
him and restrict him from behaving like a puppy dog jeering
and tearing at anyone that disagrees with him,” Okwu said.
He further berated Umeh for not allowing Ojukwu’s spirit to
rest in peace by invoking him whenever he wants to gain
public sympathy, insisting that the dead, especially people of
Ojukwu’s calibre, deserved some respect.
The new APGA boss, however, stated that his cardinal point
was reconciliation, for which cause he led a team of APGA
chieftains to visit the founder of the party, Chief Chekwas
Okorie.
“And from the discussion at our visit to him, one could see
that Chekwas Okorie has the political interest of Igbo people
at heart, but everything about Umeh is selfishness,” Okwu
added.