By Jude Opara, Abuja
As the legal battle gets set to begin on the suit filed against the All Progressives Congress (APC) by one of the aspirants for the position of the National Vice Chairman (South South), Amb. Fubara Dagogo, because of his exclusion from the Zonal Congresses which took place across the country on Wednesday, a collection of APC Legacy Groups has warned of plots by some elements within the party’s leadership to instigate his suspension from his ward in the Bonny Local Government Area of the ruling party, APC.
Amb. Dagogo it would be recalled, had approached a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja in protest for his exclusion from the South-South Zonal Congress which took place in Asaba on Wednesday 25th March 2026, despite the fact that he fulfilled all the constitutional requirements, including payment of a mandatory fee of N5.1m covering the Nomination forms.
The Groups which include: foremost members of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), factions of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) who merged to form the now ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) – has raised the alarm of the plan to mislead the APC into a deeper and unimaginable crisis by instigating Dagogo’s suspension.
In a statement jointly signed by Hon. Nelson Wariso Alabraba Jnr. and Hon Chinedu Egbenumolise; the groups warned that such action will complicate the already delicate balance in the APC as it prepares to host its National Convention in a few days, ading that it will potentially endanger party cohesion as it works to meet up with the INEC timetable in line with the new Electoral Act as amended.
The statement maintained that Amb. Dagogo has paid his dues as a foundation member of the APC and should not be treated as such. Emphasizing that the Legacy Groups are solidly behind his quest to pursue justice, equity and fairness in the party.
They further declared support for every other member of the party suffering one kind of exclusion or the other and urged President Bola Tinubu, the APC leadership and other key party stakeholders to immediately step in to nip the unfolding situation in the bud, before it negatively affects its chances in the forthcoming 2027 elections.
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