Hon. Kingsley Ononogbu, the Abia State APC chairman on Saturday led a delegation of the party stalwarts in the Saturday convention of the party that is about now taking place in Abuja.
Speaking with ABN TV, Hon. Ononogbu insisted that there is no faction in the state chapter of the party.
The chairman who had earlier welcomed Hon. Acho, the factional chairman of the party said the assumed faction only exists in the press.
While stating that the leader of the party in Abia and Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Kalu has congratulated him in his victory as well as member representing Bende Federal Constituency, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, he expressed his readiness to work with all members of Abia APC as the 2023 election draws nearer.
“I kept saying that there are no two APCs in Abia State. We have one APC and we are family. I have spoken to our brothers from the other side and I have been maintaining that.
“Anybody that intends to destroy our party or make it impossible for the wrath in the state to go based on personal interest does not love Abia State and its people.
“We should come together and build a better place for our children and children’s children. I have said that for anybody that feels genuinely offended, I am ready to offer apology.
“We need to come together as brothers irrespective of our personal interest and look at the good of the people,” he said.
As at the moment of this report, top leaders in Abia APC, including Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Uchechukwu Samson Ogah, Member representing Bende Federal Constituency, Hon. Benjamin Kalu and others were yet to arrive.