The Young Progressive Party (YPP) chapter in Abia State has denied media claims that its organisational structures had disintegrated into the Labour Party.
The party was responding to rumours that its State Chairman, Mr. Chimezie Nelson, had been named a Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Umuahia North LGA Transition Chairman, Victor Ikeji.
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In a statement released by the YPP and signed by Mr. Bestman Eruba, its publicity secretary, the party stated that the nomination of the state’s YPP chairman to the LP-led administration should not be seen as the demise of the YPP in Abia State, but rather as a decision made on a personal level by a single YPP member.
He clarified that the YPP was not and would not form an official partnership with the LP.
Eruba asked the party’s throngs of members and supporters to ignore rumours that it had forged an alliance with the LP, saying that the State Working Committee (SWC) of the YPP and the leaders of the party will soon convene to examine the development and take appropriate action.
It said, “The decision of the party chairman cannot be deemed as the collapse of the most prosperous party in Abia State because we are a party with distinct ideology and principles as enunciated in our constitution.”
According to Obasanjo News24, Victor Ikeji, the mayor of Umuahia North Local Government, has appointed Mr. Chimezie Nelson, the chairman of the YPP branch in Abia State, as a Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Revenue Mobilisation.
Upon returning to work, the party chairman was reported to have addressed a few other Umuahia North officials and introduced himself as “one of you.”
With its guber candidate, Enyinnaya Nwafor, winning in Osisioma at the polls on March 18, the YPP was a significant opposition party to the PDP in Abia prior to and during the general elections of 2023. The party also took home two seats in the Abia State House of Assembly from Osisioma.
