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By Madu Obi
Officials of the Anambra State government, on Tuesday, sealed the state office of the Edozie Njoku-led All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA election, , located at the high brow Udoka Housing estate in Awka.
Also sealed was the building that served as the campaign office of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 3023 general, Mr. Petether Obi.
There was pandemonium in the area as government officials, accompanied by soldiers and the police, swooped the area and sealed the offices.
South East national vice chairman of APGA, Mr. Tony Uche Ezekwelu told reporters that the state government might have felt threatened by the growing popularity of APGA since Edozie Njoku became the national chairman of the party.
He said: "We came to the office this morning ( yesterday) to monitor the sale of expression of interest form for the councillorship and chairmanship for the September 28 local government election.
"As I was coming, I saw some of our party officials struggling with officials of the state government who were accompanied by the police and the army and they said they came to seal our party office following an order from above.
"Their reason was that the area was originally mapped out as a residential area and not for commercial activities.
"Our concern was that there was no previous notice. This is our new party office since we came into office two months ago.
There are many commercial offices in this area, including Nonye Soludo's Healthy Living. Over the years, this area has always been used by political parties as their campaign office and nobody sealed them.
"This our office housed Peter Obi campaign office, the Atiku/Obi Presidential Campaign office, Labour Party, Godwin Ezeemo Campaign, and we are the latest.
"What happened here is unfortunate and we know it is all politics. If there was any default, we ought to have been written instead of swooping into our office as if terrorists are occupying the place.
" They should know that this is the official state office of APGA and the only one for that matter as recognized by the law. Maybe they worried that APGA members have been trooping into the place and that rattled them".
But speaking during a broadcast to mark the creation of Anambra State, Governor Chukwuma Soludo said the problem in APGA would soon be resolved.
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