The Southeast leadership of All
Progressive Congress (APC) yesterday stormed Awka to present Senator
Chris Ngige as the party’s Governorship candidate for the November 16
election, with Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State saying the APC is
very much a Southeast party.
Gov.Okorocha with whom were Senator
Annie Okonkwo, Sen. Osita Izunaso, and National women leader of the ,
Lady Sharon Ikeazor ,told party faithful that the Southeast has the
highest number of the party’s national officers.
Dismissing insinuations that the APC
harbours anti-Igbo sentiments,he declared:“Those who are ruling Nigeria
today are not Igbo people and their party has no provision for
Ndigbo.That is why APC has come so that it shall be well with Ndigbo.
“It is not up to three months APC came
into existence and the Igbo people have got nine members in the party’s
executive.If our late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, had
been alive, he would have been a member of APC.
“The hand of God was in the registration
of APC and come September 2nd ,2013, the party will have its state
primary election just to fulfill all righteousness.”
He then raised Senator’s Ngige hand up as the party’s candidate in the election.
Sen. Okonkwo who stepped down for Ngige
said he and other Southeast leaders joined the party because it is
prepared to offer the zone its platform for realizing the dream of
leading the country in 2015.
“God has used Imo State governor, Owelle
Rochas Okorocha, to work for Ndi Igbo.APC is a special party and in the
history of political parties in Nigeria Ndigbo have not benefitted like
this,” Okonkwo said.
On his part ,Ngige whose voice was
drowned for much of the time by the cheering crowd said APC is out to
put Nigeria on the road to liberty.
Ngige told the crowd that the
disagreement with Mr. Goddy Ezeemo over the party’s ticket would soon be
resolved and Ezeemo back in the fold.
But ,Ezeemo and his supporters at a
separate rally at Marble Arch Hotels also in Awka insisted on free and
fair primaries to pick the party’s governorship candidate.
The Acting woman leader Mrs Princess
Eboh and Party Chieftain, Chief Clems Ejimba said that long before the
merger of ACN,CPC and ANPP,there was a vacuum in the leadership of the
progressives camp in the state but he brought all members together
preparatory to a solid foundation for future elections.
They said Ezeemo has done more for the APC in the state than any other person.
The rally passed a motion rejecting the adoption of Ngige by Okorocha.
Ezeemo promised to use all resources at
his disposal to ensure APC’s victory in the election provided justice is
done in picking its candidate.
He told his supporters: “the National
leadership of the party has called for direct primaries from ward level
to the state level and that is final. This has been fixed for 1st and
2nd September,2013. So , do not allow any person or group of persons to
confuse or distract you. Go back to your various wards and prepare for
the primaries. Ensure that you come out en mass on that day and
whomsoever you give the ticket on that , will become the candidate of
the party.”
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ngige anambra like u does not mean dat u win with apc.u and rochas u are fools. what happen wit apga? Igbo paty.rochas sold apga and join apc muslim paty
ReplyDeleteChief Rochas Okorocha we the Igbos respect u a lot, our prayer is for you to end up well politically with this APC of a party . We hope that this visitation will not be like the one Tinumbu of ACN did for the then governor of Anambra state Mbadinuju .
ReplyDeletebegining of failure...i believe this apc dont have future why ngige and not fresh face.....and we are saying this apc will bring change with this set of same old leaders
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