2023: Abia APC heavy weights express support for Emenike
*Say with Emenike, APC has gotten formula to win Abia
From BONIFACE OKORO, Umuahia
Chieftains and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress in Abia State have thrown their weight behind High Chief Ikechi Emenike as the Governorship Candidate of the party in the state.
Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, House of Representatives Spokesman, Hon Benjamin Kalu, a former member of the House of Representatives, Chief Emeka Atuma, as well as a former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Nwadiala Emeka Wogu, among others who spoke at a meeting held at Ntalakwu Oboro in Ikwuano local government area, applaud the choice of High Chief Ikechi Emenike as the flag bearer of the main opposition party.
In what appeared like a re-endorsement of his candidacy, the party chieftains and stakeholders spoke glowingly of Emenike’s capacity to weather the political storm in Abia and emerge victorious in 2023, as well as his forthrightness in handling issues concerning the party in the state.
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.
Emenike had emerged to lead Abia APC to do battle with other parties in the forthcoming governorship election following his triumph at the party primary held in Umuahia on May 26, 2022.
Nkeiruka Onyejeocha , the Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, said “the crux of the matter is for us to become the ruling party in Abia come 2023,” adding that Abia APC has “for the first time got it right in its choice of governorship flag bearer.”
Onyejeocha, who represents Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, said that Emenike’s candidacy was all the more pleasant and satisfactory, given the fact that the party made its choice through a seamless internal democratic process of primary poll devoid of any imposition, noting that “Emenike has fought very hard to sustain APC in Abia.”
House of Representatives Spokesman, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, who represents Bende Federal Constituency, expressed strong confidence in the capacity of High 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,” Kalu said.
In his address a former member of the Green Chamber of the National Assembly, Hon. Emeka Atuma, who hosted the meeting, said 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,” Atuma further asserted, noting that with Emenike as governor, Abia would surely become “a first world state in a third world nation.”
A former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, in his remarks, said that Abia APC has put forward “a good man” to carry its flag in the 2023 governorship contest.
“He (Emenike) is our governor tomorrow (2023). Today is the moment of truth,” Wogu stated.
