{"id":169646,"date":"2025-07-15T22:21:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T21:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/apga-woos-gov-otti-amid-political-party-crises"},"modified":"2025-07-15T23:23:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T22:23:14","slug":"apga-woos-gov-otti-amid-political-party-crises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apga-woos-gov-otti-amid-political-party-crises","title":{"rendered":"APGA Woos Gov Otti Amid Political Party Crises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The National Vice Chairman, South East, of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Augustine Ehiemere, has urged Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, to return to APGA, describing it as his true political home and the most stable platform for delivering sustainable governance.<\/p>\n<p>Ehiemere made the call during the Abia South Senatorial District APGA stakeholders\u2019 meeting held in the state last week.<\/p>\n<p>The APGA National Vice Chairman, South East, appealed to the governor to resist the temptation of aligning with other political parties, which he said are either unstable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAPGA remains the healthiest and most stable political party in Nigeria today,\u201d Ehiemere stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are calling on Governor Alex Otti to return to his political home, APGA, where he started.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLabour Party is presently a breeding ground for crisis. ADC is almost in disarray, APC is not a safe ground for him, and PDP has already diminished. APGA is the only platform that offers stability and ideological consistency for him to continue his good works,\u201d said Ehiemere.<\/p>\n<p>He commended Governor Otti\u2019s performance in office, particularly in the area of security and welfare, and supported the collaboration between the Abia governor and his Enugu State counterpart, Peter Mbah, as well as the establishment of the Abia State Security Trust Fund.<\/p>\n<p>He also lauded the governor for the prompt payment of salaries and pensions, but reminded him of the pressing need to clear outstanding gratuities of retired workers.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking further, Ehiemere urged APGA members across Abia South and the entire state to remain firm and committed to the party\u2019s ideals.<\/p>\n<p>It would be recalled that Alex Otti was the governorship candidate of APGA in Abia State in the 2015 and 2019 elections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The National Vice Chairman, South East, of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Augustine Ehiemere, has urged Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, to return to APGA, describing it as his true political home and the most stable platform for delivering sustainable governance. Ehiemere made the call during the Abia South Senatorial District [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":169645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[34,131,3634,254,9936,65],"class_list":["post-169646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-apc","tag-apga","tag-labour-party","tag-nigeria","tag-otti","tag-pdp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>APGA Woos Gov Otti Amid Political Party Crises - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Vice Chairman, South East, of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Augustine Ehiemere, has urged Abia ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apga-woos-gov-otti-amid-political-party-crises\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"APGA Woos Gov Otti Amid Political Party Crises\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Vice Chairman, South East, of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Augustine Ehiemere, has urged Abia ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apga-woos-gov-otti-amid-political-party-crises\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-15T21:21:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-15T22:23:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1752605701.093121.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"550\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apga-woos-gov-otti-amid-political-party-crises#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apga-woos-gov-otti-amid-political-party-crises\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"APGA Woos Gov Otti Amid Political Party Crises\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-15T21:21:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-15T22:23:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apga-woos-gov-otti-amid-political-party-crises\"},\"wordCount\":299,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apga-woos-gov-otti-amid-political-party-crises#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1752605701.093121.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"APC\",\"APGA\",\"Labour Party\",\"Nigeria\",\"otti\",\"PDP\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apga-woos-gov-otti-amid-political-party-crises#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apga-woos-gov-otti-amid-political-party-crises\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apga-woos-gov-otti-amid-political-party-crises\",\"name\":\"APGA Woos Gov Otti Amid Political Party Crises - 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