A chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Comrade Dr. (Hon.) Amb. Eze Onyebuchi Chukwu, has called on Igbo political leaders and stakeholders to rally around APGA, describing the party as the most credible platform for articulating and negotiating Igbo interests in Nigerian politics.
In a press statement issued on Tuesday, the APGA National Youth Leader said Nigeria’s evolving political landscape demands a unified Igbo voice, warning that political fragmentation continues to weaken the South-East’s influence at the national level.
According to him, APGA remains the only political party founded on Igbo identity, values, and ideology, stressing that the party was created not for convenience but as a deliberate political platform for the protection and advancement of Igbo interests.
“History, culture, and political reality have shown clearly that the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) remains the only authentic political platform through which the Igbo nation can effectively negotiate, protect its interests, and project its collective aspirations within the Nigerian political space.
“APGA was not formed out of convenience; it was born out of vision, identity, and destiny. It represents the political soul of the Igbo people, our values, our democratic culture, and our belief in fairness, equity, enterprise, and communal responsibility,” he stated.
Chukwu referenced the legacy of the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, noting that APGA was handed to Ndigbo as a political mandate and urging Igbo people to continue to honour what he described as Ojukwu’s final wish for the party to remain the political home of the Igbo nation.
He commended the people of Anambra State for consistently sustaining APGA in power, adding that governance in the state has shown that the party is capable of delivering development, stability, and progressive leadership beyond ethnic symbolism.
“We specially commend and appreciate the great people of Anambra State for consistently upholding the historic mandate (APGA) handed to Ndigbo by our eternal leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, whose final wish was clear and unmistakable: that APGA should remain the political home and rallying point of the Igbo people.
“Through thick and thin, Ndi Anambra have defended this mandate with courage, conviction, and consistency. Today, under visionary leadership, Anambra has shown Nigeria that APGA is not just a party of identity but a party of competence, development, and progressive governance,” the statement added.
The APGA youth leader also called on Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, to consider returning to the party, arguing that closer alignment between APGA-led states would strengthen the South-East’s bargaining power and political relevance at the national level.
“I call on the remaining Igbo governor outside the APC, the Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, to heed the call of history and return home by joining APGA again,” he said, clarifying that, “this is not a call driven by partisanship but by strategic Igbo interest. Together with Charles Soludo, Governor Otti can help strengthen APGA as a dominant regional force that commands respect nationally and gives Ndigbo a solid platform for political negotiation and relevance.”
In the same vein, the youth leader appealed to Senators Victor Umeh and Tony Nwoye to rejoin APGA, noting that the party played a key role in their political rise and remains firmly rooted among grassroots supporters in the South-East.
“Failure to return home may place their political future at risk, as APGA is fully positioned to reclaim its space and mandate in the 2027 general elections,” he warned.
Chukwu further described APGA as a party that reflects core Igbo values such as community-focused leadership, integrity, accountability, enterprise, and participatory democracy, adding that these ideals align naturally with the Igbo worldview.
“APGA remains the only political party in Nigeria that truly reflects and protects Igbo ideology and democratic culture. It is the party that embodies the Igbo philosophy of:
“Be your brother’s and sister’s keeper”
Community-first leadership,
Participatory democracy,
Integrity, honesty, and accountability,
People-oriented governance and shared prosperity.
“Unlike other platforms where Igbo interests are often diluted or traded, APGA exists solely to preserve, project, and promote the virtues of the Igbo people; hard work, enterprise, truthfulness, self-reliance, and collective progress,” he stressed.
As political activities gradually build toward the 2026 and 2027 elections, he urged Igbo youths, professionals, traders, traditional institutions, and political leaders to embrace APGA as a unifying platform, stressing that unity is essential for effective political negotiation.
“I therefore call on all Igbo political leaders, youths, professionals, traders, and traditional institutions to embrace the 3rd largest political party in Nigeria, APGA fully in 2026. The era of political scattering must end. A divided people cannot negotiate effectively, but a united people command respect,” he stated.
He maintained that APGA is more than a political party, describing it as a political identity and rallying point for the Igbo nation.
“APGA is not just a party, it is the political identity of the Igbo nation.
The time to unite is now.
The platform to unite under is clear.
APGA is the way forward,” he emphasized.
Chukwu is the National Youth Leader of APGA and the Chairman of the Forum of National Youth Leaders of all Political Parties in Nigeria. He is also the party’s candidate for the forthcoming Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) chairmanship election.
