APGA IS A Mistake—-Retired DIG Celestine Okoye

<p>APGA is a mistake in the eastern part of Nigeria<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>reports that a retired Deputy Inspector General of Police&comma; Celestine Okoye&comma; has described the All Progressives Grand Alliance&comma; APGA&comma; as a mistake&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He stated this at a ceremony where he officially joined the All Progressives Congress&comma; APC&comma; in Anambra State&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Okoye registered as a member of the APC at his polling unit of Ward 3&comma; Awka&comma; in the Awka South Local Government Area of the 29 years old State&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>APGA<&sol;strong> is a political party that has governed Anambra State in the past 15 years&period; It was formed by late Odumegwu Ojukwu and other like minds as a political tool for the easterners to negotiate their ways around Nigeria’s political corridor&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Explaining his reasons for clinching his political fate with APC&comma; the retired DIG in charge of Information Technology said &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Anambra State and South-East cannot continue to be in the opposition&period; Anambra and the Igbo need to be at the centre of what is happening in Nigeria&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We should stop deceiving ourselves with APGA for it cannot take Anambra and the South-East anywhere&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m interested in the area of strategies on how to win the election and bring Anambra APC to the centre&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Celestine Okoye who got elevated to DIG from the rank of commissioner is said to have thrown his hat into the Anambra governorship contest&period; Senator Andy Uba who had worked with Obasanjo as domestic aide is also an APC aspirant in the guber election&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Celestine Okoye has authored a book on insecurity&period; Anambra state parades the highest number of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">billionaires<&sol;a> in Nigeria&period; Election in the state&comma; especially governorship is often financially defined&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sources say Celestine Okoye may have made much money in the Police with heavy reserve to prosecute the election&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Anambra State has 21 local council areas with 181 towns&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;