The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has resigned as the Chairman, Board of Trustees and leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance.
In a resignation letter addressed to the National Secretary of the party and submitted in the party’s Abuja office on Friday, Obi said he was resigning as the leader and BoT chairman into which he was appointed in January 2014 by the National Executive Council of the Party.
Though he noted that his appointment as BoT chairman had yet to be ratified by a Convention of the party as stipulated by the constitution, Obi cited family and personal reasons for the resignation without giving details.
He, however, wished the party well in her future endeavors, adding that he remained an ordinary APGA member.
Widely acknowledged as the man who kept
APGA alive over the past decade, Obi had recently been denied
appointment as a minister by President Goodluck Jonathan because he
refused to defect from APGA to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party.
When contacted, his media aide, Mr. Valentine Obienyem confirmed the development.
He said, “If you recall, my boss was
nominated the Leader of the Party and the Chairman of her Board of
Trustees in January. The nomination has yet to be ratified by a
Convention of the Party, when he submitted his letter of resignation.
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