The leadership crisis in the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), took a new dimension as the national chairman, Edozie Njoku, and members of his National Working Committee (NWC), honured the invitation by the Force Criminal Investigation Department of the Nigeria Police, who were acting on a petition by the sacked chairman, Victor Oye
Both Victor Oye and Edozie Njoku have been in the battle for the soul of APGA following a Supreme Court judgement that both have given different interpretations to lay claim to the leadership of the party
Oye had earlier in the week, called on security agencies to arrest Njoku for questioning, accusing him of doctoring the ruling of the Supreme Court on a case brought before the lower court by one Jude Okeke.
The Police promptly invited him (Njoku) in a letter dated July 19, 2022 and signed by Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Garba Ahmed.
In a statement issued by the Njoku-led executive and signed by Okoro Benedict, national administrative secretary of APGA, the party noted that contrary to “puerile and infantile news being spread by Chief Victor Oye and his men that Chief Edozie Njoku has been arrested by some police operatives, this is totally false and baseless.”
The statement read: “Chief Njoku was invited by the Nigerian Police through a letter dated July 19, 2022, to the Force Criminal Investigation Department, FCID. The invitation letter was signed by DCP Garba Ahmed.
“This morning (Thursday), Chief Edozie Njoku honoured the invitation as a senior responsible citizen. The senior police officers in charge of the petition have given him a classical appraisal for turning up timely, conducting himself with utmost distinction and arming the police with Certified True Copies, CTC of the Supreme Court Judgement of the five Justices, Enforcement Order and Proof of Service on INEC by the Supreme Court.
“The Police have called on Chief Victor Oye and his men to turn up and counter all the profound evidences that Chief Edozie Njoku had obliged them. Interestingly, Oye and his men are nowhere to be found. He that alleges must prove. He that comes to equity must come with clean hands.
“We thank all our unassuming APGA members and teeming supporters. We want to ensure them that there is no cause for alarm.”
Speaking after the invitation, Njoku said the whole exercise lasted for an hour, adding that the police would now proceed to the apex court to verify the authenticity or otherwise of his claims.
“I wrote a statement and gave them certified true copies of the Supreme Court, enforcement order and proof of services on INEC by the apex court. The whole thing lasted for an hour or thereabout. They will call us on a later day after the verification of our claims,” he said.
