APC moves to end Anambra crisis ahead of 2027

The All Progressives Congress (APC) is making a concerted effort to mend internal divisions within its Anambra State chapter, recognizing the threat these conflicts pose to its electoral success in 2027. A recent stakeholders' meeting in Awka, led by the party's National Reconciliation Committee, aimed to address months of wrangling.

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This meeting marks a crucial transition from dialogue to implementation after an earlier stakeholders’ reconciliation session held in Abuja on July 23. The Awka engagement is designed to translate the reconciliation process initiated by the party’s national leadership in Abuja into practical peace across the grassroots structures of the APC in Anambra.

Dr. Benjamin Nwoye, Deputy National Chairman (South) and head of the reconciliation committee, stressed the urgency of moving from dialogue to practical implementation of peace initiatives. He highlighted that while previous meetings in Abuja opened communication channels, true reconciliation depends on acceptance at the grassroots level. "Politics is local, and any peace that does not reach the grassroots is incomplete," Nwoye stated, emphasizing that elections are won in communities and polling units.

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While the Abuja meeting succeeded in opening channels of communication among previously estranged party leaders, the success of the peace process now depends on its acceptance by ward executives, local government officials, youth and women leaders, and polling unit officers who remain the party’s closest link to the electorate.

The committee identified several root causes for the prolonged crisis, including the alleged removal of elected officials, substitution of primary winners, resort to litigation without exhausting internal dispute resolution, and expulsions without fair hearing. Nwoye issued a stern warning against actions that could further divide the party, assuring that the National Working Committee would not tolerate such behavior. The party leadership is determined to unite its factions to ensure victory for President Bola Tinubu's 2027 re-election campaign and to secure future wins in Anambra.

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We are not gathered to reopen old wounds but to deepen the peace that began in Abuja. Politics is local, and any peace that does not reach the grassroots is incomplete.