At a news conference held on Tuesday in Abuja, the group specifically called on the President and the APC national chairman to call the deputy speaker to order in the interest of party unity in Abia state.
Addressing the conference, the National Coordinator of the group, Amb. Usman Shuaibu, said, "It has become an embarrassment that some leaders of the APC engage in anti-party activities, openly castigating a committed party flagbearer who has given her all to ensure the victory of the party in the last general elections."
Shuaibu said; “The most recent is the sponsored Campaign of calumny against Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha who flew the party’s flag in Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency of Abia State in the February 25, 2023 National Assembly elections. She is at present the Minister of Labour and Employment (State) Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“It is no longer news that Honourable Nkeiruka who is our party’s flagbearer was robbed of her victory by the Labour Party in Abia State, where they deployed unethical means during the Presidential and National Assembly elections against the APC. Recall that some APC groups raised the alarm calling for the restoration of her mandate which she vigorously pursued at the tribunal and won.
“Since her victory at the tribunal, which is the ultimate triumph of APC in Abia State, some highly placed persons in the National Assembly have unleashed a campaign of calumny against her person using mushroom organizations to blackmail Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha and the APC in a bid to bully her to abandon her victory at the Appeal Court.
“We make bold to say, that we have identified the deputy speaker of the House of Representatives Mr. Benjamin Kalu, who sees the victory of the Honourable Minister as a political threat instead of a blessing as the sponsor of the blackmail against Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha.
“Benjamin Kalu has become so desperate that he has resorted to using the name and office of the President Bola Ahmed to blackmail the Honourable Minister who is currently focused on her national assignments.
