A fresh move to heal the multiple crises in the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, has gained pace with the inauguration of a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Committee headed by Chief Reagan Ufomba, the party’s erstwhile gubernatorial candidate in Abia State. But given the vested interests, finding truth and applying justice would be an arduous task.
It was one political party that came out boldly to promote the place of Ndigbo in the polity. At the height of its glory just two years ago, the party was in firm control of two States in the southeast with enthusiasts bubbling to expand the frontiers even beyond the zone.
However, today, the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, is enmeshed in intractable crisis that enthusiasts are afraid that the two states under the control of the party would sooner than later slip from the control of the party. Already, Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha who came to power through the party has all but left the party for the emerging All Progressive Congress, APC.
Governor Peter Obi who was the first governor to emerge on the platform of the party, according to political speculators is on the way to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP at the end of his tenure.
At the centre of the crisis now ravaging the party is the dispute over the national chairmanship of the party with Chief Victor Umeh and Chief Maxi Okwu as contenders.

Obi: I didn’t create the crisis; Umeh: I will do my party job
General impression
Okwu who was one of the founders of the party exited the party during the first major crisis that faced the party when Umeh and some others with the assistance of Governor Obi, shoved the major founder of the party, Chief Chekwas Okorie out of office as national chairman. The Umeh led rebellion was remarkable in that he succeeded in pushing Okorie out despite the fact that Okorie’s name was engrained in the constitution of the party as the eternal national chairman!
The coup against Umeh was, however, not less significant, given the general impression of his assertiveness.
The dispute nonetheless, the warring parties who are still in court continue to canvass peace with one another. Few weeks ago, the Umeh faction inaugurated a peace committee with the task of reconciling the warring factions.
Okwu has also established his own peace committee. Last Friday, Okwu’s peace emmisaries arrived Lagos after what was said as successful outings in Anambra where they met Umeh and Governor Obi.
The committee styled as Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Committee is led by the impressionable former governorship candidate of the party in Abia State, Chief Reagan Ufomba as chairman with 13 other members including national vice-chairmen from the various sections of the country and major party stakeholders.
The committee secretary, Barrister Obi Okafor, national vice-chairman (NW), Alhaji Tijani Idris, national vice-chairman, (NE), Alhaji Abubakar Adamu, Deputy National Auditor, Chief Peter Orji, party chieftain Hajia Zainab Nnenna Abdullahi among other members of the committee were present at the Lagos peace parley.
Following a meeting with  stakeholders from the Southwest, the committee led by Ufomba drew questions from newsmen on their mission.
In responding to questions from the newsmen, Ufomba and his committee members tried to walk the delicate path of peace makers by restraining themselves on some issues concerning Umeh, but they could not be totally restrained.
On their quest  
We have been going round the country and we started with Southeast where we met with Chief Victor Umeh, the very first day after our inauguration. We also met with the deputy national leader of our great party, Sir Peter Obi, we met with another leader and statesman, Chief Nwogbu Alor.
Our train moved to Imo State where we met with one of our Igbo leaders, Chief Ralph Uwazerike, the MASSOB leader. We have also been talking on phone to many stakeholders including the wife of our late leader, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu.
As it is always said, a problem known is half solved. We have in our data base, a collection of issues, that are treatable, that are solvable, that we are solving and that we are going to solve so that we will have a one family APGA in the nearest future. That is why we are in Lagos today to talk with our stakeholders who include Barrister Obinna Obiegwe, Martins Agbaso one of our leaders from Imo.

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You see,Gov Obi thought that he can easily remove Victor Umeh and give the chairmanship of APGA to Maxi Okwu but unfortunately,it has backfired and will most likely affect his candidate(Oseloka Obaze) in forthcoming election. The reconciliation will not work because non of the parties(Okwu and Umeh) will accept a disgraceful exit. APGA is actually doomed.