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Should ACN Make Ngige Party Chairman? by emekagh(m): 11:28pm On Jun 03, 2011
From Wikipedia

, Ngige turned to politics, becoming a founding member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). By 1999, he was Assistant National Secretary and Zonal Secretary of PDP in the South East region of the country. Elected in 2003 under controversial circumstances, he quickly broke ranks with his self-styled "political godfather" after an unsuccessful attempt on 10 July 2003 to illegally remove him from office through a fabricated letter of resignation which the state assembly accepted. A Nigerian Federal Court of Appeal affirmed the nullification of Ngige's purported 2003 election victory on 15 March 2006. This was after a lower election court(election Tribunal led by Justice Nabaruma had in August 2005 nullified his 2003 victory. The court declared that Peter Obi, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) was the bona fide winner of the election.[citation needed]

However, this nullification has not diminished Ngige's popularity as he spent the 33 months in office executing populist, people-oriented programmes especially road construction. Ngige had accepted the court ruling as the court of appeal was the terminal court in governorship election petitions and to save the state further crises arising from the support given his traducers by the Obasano-led federal government.An attempt to participate in Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted 'Governorship election' in the state in April 2007 was frustrated by INEC in complicity with the federal authorities through a dubious 'disqualification'even after a Federal High Court had voided the disqualification.[citation needed]

Ngige ran for election in the April 2011 elections for Senator for Anambra Central, on the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) platform. After voting problems in some areas of the constituency on 9 April, the election in these areas was held on 25 April and Ngige was declared winner over former Minister of Information and Communications Professor Dora Akunyili of the PDP. He scored 69,765 votes while Akunyili scored 69,292 votes.[2]

With the aspirations of ACN to become a National Party, do we think the outspoken, astute, and dogged Chris Ngige is the missing link ACN needs?
Thoughts, ?
Re: Should ACN Make Ngige Party Chairman? by OAM4J: 11:43pm On Jun 03, 2011
Do you want him to resign from his senatorial position to become the party chairman or you think he can handle both positions at the same time?
Re: Should ACN Make Ngige Party Chairman? by emekagh(m): 11:50pm On Jun 03, 2011
^^^ They can at least make him the offer. Just wondering what the possibilities are.
Re: Should ACN Make Ngige Party Chairman? by dayokanu(m): 11:59pm On Jun 03, 2011
He is a political office holder, If he wants to be party chairman he might have to resign.

I thought ANPP used to have a SE National CHairman
Re: Should ACN Make Ngige Party Chairman? by HighChief4(m): 12:05am On Jun 04, 2011
He is already a Senator so he is not eligble for that position. If anything he will do better as APGA National chairman

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