The All Progressives Grand Alliance is re-strategising to win the governorship polls in Lagos State in 2015, the Chairman of the party in the state announced on Monday.
“APGA is repositioning its structures to take over the governorship seat of Lagos State,’’ Mr. Campbell Umeh-Nzekwe, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.
“We have observed that Lagos is a one-man-show state; which is why we want to change that oligarchy.
“Our structures are totally different from other political parties and we are a movement.
“We hear people say that we will go into alliance to be able to achieve this but we are saying that going into alliance is not in our agenda.
“We are winning the election on our own strength,’’ he added.
Umeh-Nzekwe, a one-time governorship candidate of APGA in 2003, said the needed change in the state would be given by APGA.
He said that the party would revive all its structures to achieve its aim.
Umeh-Nzekwe said the strength of the party lied in the votes it would get from various Igbo groups, town unions and their leaderships in Lagos.
He noted that indigenes of Anambra in Lagos State were made up of 177 towns’ unions; Imo State 210 towns’ unions; adding that the same was the case with Abia, Ebonyi and Enugu States.
Umehnzekwe said the party would reach out to the groups during their sittings to tell them what was required of them ahead of the election.
He urged Lagos residents to join the party, saying that “it is a platform that will give them a chance to exercise their fundamental and democratic rights as citizens.”
The chairman said that one did not need to be a card-carrying member to join the party.
He said that three aspirants had already shown interest to run for the governorship race under the platform of APGA.
The politician advised youths to see reason on why they should not waste their votes, saying that APGA would provide them free education from primary to university levels.
“Anybody who attends a university in Lagos State is entitled to security allowance every month before he gets a job,’’ Umeh-Nzekwe said. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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yesooooo apga is the paty vote for apga istead of apc alias boko haram.
ReplyDeletemake a choice between pdp and apga.say no to apc.to avoid bomb last in state.
ReplyDeletei chose apga
ReplyDeleteGet SE first and don't be overambitious to provoke the locals and yet fail
ReplyDeleteYea Fools, come get am nah...nah ur PaPa dormain.
ReplyDeleteBased on your assesment, 177 town unions,imo 210, can that get you the required percentage to win or you wanted to play 16 is more than 19 game?
ReplyDeleteAPGA in lagos? this magnanimty of Yorubas should not be taken for granted! Ibo guys should watch what they say here in lagos! Lagos stil have indegenes.....in short, go and win South East before you talk about lagos.
ReplyDeleteInfact, d politics of Nigeria will nt stop to amaze me. Free education up till University level??? Na so Apga do for Anambra? They should stop deceiving themselves and get real for once jare. Apga ko, Apga ni.
ReplyDeleteI forsee WAR in lagos in the near future. Yoruba need this to wake up.
ReplyDeleteYou are being silly.
DeleteYes, APGA can aspire to win Lagos State. It is not their fault. Action Group, AD, ACN and now APC once won elections in South East. Why shouldn't APGA also win in Lagos, Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo and Ogun States? He is dead right. After all, according to them, Lagos is a no man's land. APGA will have landslide victory in Lagos. The police, army, navy etc will be stationed in Lagos permanently for months and it will be shoot at sight for the Yoruba trouble makers. Your candidate is already at Alausa, the seat of power.
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