Anosike, Ukachukwu Supporters Trade Blame Over Anambra APC Crisis

Supporters of the executive committee led by Senator Emma Anosike and those loyal to the immediate past governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu, have traded accusations over the renewed crisis rocking the party.
The two camps have been at loggerheads, with each blaming the other for the deepening internal crisis within the Anambra APC.
Supporters of Senator Anosike have accused Prince Ukachukwu of being among those fueling the unrest in the party.
According to the Anosike camp, Ukachukwu’s supporters are allegedly sponsoring the crisis in a bid to undermine the APC’s electoral fortunes and frustrate President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s chances of securing the constitutionally required 25 per cent of the votes cast in Anambra State during the 2027 presidential election.
The group further claimed that Ukachukwu remains dissatisfied with the outcome of the 2025 Anambra governorship election, citing unconfirmed reports that the Presidency did not fully back his candidacy, a development they alleged contributed to Governor Charles Soludo’s victory.
According to the Anosike supporters, this perceived grievance is at the heart of the ongoing leadership tussle between Senator Emma Anosike and Chief Ifeanyi Osegbo, whom they alleged is being used as a proxy in the dispute.
However, a director in the Ukachukwu Campaign Council, Hon. Tony Uche, dismissed the allegations, insisting that Prince Ukachukwu has no involvement in the crisis.
He argued that the accusations were being orchestrated by members of the Anosike camp.
“Prince Ukachukwu is not and has never been part of any distraction within the party. Those peddling these stories are members of the Anosike camp. They were the ones who removed our names from the list of delegates for the party’s National Convention and the state congress,” Uche said.
He further alleged that party members perceived to be loyal to Ukachukwu were deliberately excluded from the delegates’ list.
“All of us who emerged through the congresses and were entitled to participate in the National Convention had our names removed simply because we support Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu.” he said.
According to him, when the matter was brought to Ukachukwu’s attention, the former governorship candidate declined to interfere.
“When we contacted Prince Ukachukwu, he told us he was not interested in the matter. We therefore decided on our own to approach the court because our names had been removed. The State Publicity Secretary, the State Legal Adviser, and nine members of the State Working Committee (SWC) were all removed.”he added.
Uche maintained that the affected officials were statutory delegates whose names originally appeared on the party’s delegates’ list.
“All of us are statutory members of the party, and our names were on the delegates’ list for the National Convention. That is why the nine of us have gone to court to challenge both our exclusion and what we consider the illegitimate leadership of the party.”Uche stated.
Reacting to the claims, the Anosike group dismissed Uche’s allegations, describing them as a weak attempt to defend his principal.
Speaking on behalf of the group, Mike Chukwu said the accusations lacked substance and were not unsupported by evidence.
According to Chukwu, the state chairman does not possess the constitutional authority to alter or remove the names of delegates for the party’s National Convention, making the allegations against Senator Anosike unfounded.