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All Nigeria Peoples
Party (ANPP) has ordered all its members serving in the Peoples
Democratic Party-led government to quit their positions.Despite the
order,the involved members;Minister of State for Foreign for Foreign
Affairs,Salamotu Suleiman and her counterpart in the Ministry of
Finance, Yabawa Lawan Wabi; special adviser to the president on civil
society matters, Chineme Ume-Ezeoke and Ebute Ayuk, Coordinator,
Informal Sector have not given any indication to leave the ruling party
led government.

After its meeting
last week, the National Executive Committee of the ANPP resolved to ask
its members to withdraw from government. It also asked its members
participating in the government at the state level to do so.

The National
Chairman of the party, Ogbonnaya Onu after seven hours meeting, said at
a news conference that his party was pulling out of the (Government of
National Unity) GNU because it did not work.

He said, “ Our
great party has reviewed its position and has come to the conclusion
that in the best interest of our dear country, the new All Nigeria
Peoples Party shall no longer participate in the government of National
Unity,” Mr Onu said.“The party therefore calls on all its members who
are holding one position or the other either at the federal or state
level, as a result of the Government of National Unity, to withdraw
their services and return home.

Investigations
revealed that none of the four involved at the federal level have
complied to the order,although, none of the four could be reached
yesterday for comments, an aide to one of them, who pleaded anonymity,
said that his boss is yet to receive a formal letter from the party
leadership asking him to quit the PDP administration.

The national
publicity secretary of ANPP, Emma Eneukwu confirmed that none of the
four members has withdrawn from the GNU.“At present, I am not aware
that any of them has returned or even written a letter to us on the
matter,” Mr Eneukwu said yesterday. However the former chairman of the
party, Edwin Ume-Ezeoke,whose son is among those affected by the
directive refused to speak to pressmen on the issue when contacted on
Monday.

It was remembered
that Mr Ume Ezeoke when he was the national chairman of the party
threatened several times to withdraw his party from GNU, according to
him, it was no longer serving the interest of Nigerians.“Whether we
have a government of national unity or state unity or local government
unity, we don’t care. If anything runs contrary to the interest of the
people, we will stand up and say no,” he said,describing the PDP as a
cancer which the opposition would oust from power in 2011.

He explained that the ANPP went into the GNU in order to save the country from chaos.