After Emenike’s Emergence As Guber Candidate, APC Leaders In Abia Laud Party

BY: Mohammed Oluwatimileyin Taoheed

The party chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State have started to appreciate and praise the selection of Chief Ikechi Emenike as the flag-bearer of the main opposition party.

Recall that Emenike had emerged to lead Abia APC to do stake with other parties in the coming general election.

Track News Nigeria learnt that this follows after his victory at the party primary held in Umuahia on May 26, 2022.

His candidacy was acknowledged and appreciated by party chieftains and stakeholders at a meeting held at Ntalakwu Oboro in Ikwuano Local Government Area of the state during which they expressed their joy over Emenike’s emergence.

The common string that ran through their speeches was that APC has finally got it right in its choice of governorship candidate, hence the party has “a very good marketable and electable product” in the person of Emenike.

Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, noted that Abia APC has “for the first time got it right in its choice of governorship flag bearer”, noting that “Emenike has fought very hard to sustain APC in Abia.”

She told Track News Nigeria that Emenike’s bid was all the more pleasant and satisfactory given the fact that the party made its selection through a thorough internal democratic process of primary poll devoid of any error.

“The crux of the matter is for us to become the ruling party in Abia come 2023,” the representative of Isuikwuato/Umunneochi federal constituency said.

In her words, the people of Abia have tried the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for over 20 years and have got their hands burnt and now they bank on APC for salvation.

“Dividends of democracy have been hanging somewhere; they would be brought down to Abia State by Emenike (when he becomes governor in 2023),” Onyejeocha said.

Hon. Benjamin Kalu, the Lower Chamber Spokesperson, who represents Bende federal constituency, made known strong confidence in the capacity of Chief Emenike to lead Abia APC to victory in the 2023 poll.

“I’ve discovered that Emenike is a truthful and honest man and that is what is lacking in Abia politics. With this man leading in front, you can be sure that whatever he promises, he will do it,” he said.

Meanwhile, a former member of the Green Chamber of the National Assembly, Hon. Emeka Atuma gave that he has no doubt that Abia APC has got the winning formula for 2023.

“There is only one governor we can make today; he is High Chief Ikechi Emenike,” said Atuma, adding, “We have the tools that will make it possible for APC to win Abia governorship poll and at all levels.

“Emenike is a man of impeccable character, truth and steadfastness. He is a man of great ideology,” he further stated, noting that with Emenike as governor, Abia would surely become “a first world state in a third world nation”.

Giving his address, Chief Emeka Wogu, the ex-Minister of Labour and Productivity, put that Abia APC has put forward “a good man” to carry its flag in the 2023 gubernatorial contest.

“He (Emenike) is our governor tomorrow (2023). Today is the moment of truth.”