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By Madu Obi
The presidential candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in the 2023 general election and former chief judge of Anambra State, Prof. Peter Umeadi, has said that the 2025 governorship election in Anambra State will be an open race in which all the aspirants must work hard to win, instead of expecting miracle to happen in their favour.
Umeadi made the observation when the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship aspirant for the election, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, visited him in his village, Agukwu Nri in Anaocha local government area of Anambra State.
He said: “For the 2025 governorship election in the Anambra State, I know APGA will contest, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP will contest, Labour Party, LP, will contest, All Progressives Congress, APC, and other parties will contest.
However, the way things are going in the state, the outcome or result of the election has not been determined as everybody contesting must work hard to win.
I contested the presidential election under the platform of APGA with social progress as my vision and mission, I represented APGA well during the presidential debate in Abuja.
APGA is strong in Anambra State because after Dr Chris Ngige, no other party has ruled the state except APGA.
But for an APC aspirant to come to visit the APGA presidential candidate is a remarkable thing that has happened in the state.
Such a visit does not happen always, it is a remarkable thing. Nri community and its guiding spirit will help you to succeed.”
In his speech, Senator Ubah, who led APC stalwarts and members of the Ikemba Front, a support group for his governorship bid, to Umeadi noted that it might not be easy to remove a party that has stayed for 18 years in power in the state, but added that we will do that.
Ubah said he decided to be visiting people who understand where Nigeria is going, adding that retired Justice Peter Umeadi is one of them.
“He is the presidential candidate of APGA and has not been changed. He is the national leader of APGA and the symbol of APGA in Nigeria, he has not been change and he will still remain the presidential candidate and nationalleader of APGA, until he is changed. But we came to beg for his support for my governorship race..
For us to start from the APGA presidential candidate, only people with spiritual eyes will understand our visit today.
Late Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, showed us the road to national party, Senator Hope Uzodinma took Imo State to APC, Chief Dave Umahi, took Ebonyi State to APC, we must take Anambra State to APC.
“My Lord, we came to seek your support and to remind you that the judgement you gave some years ago about L.G.A election in Anambra State, has not been obeyed and that the only partway to social progress is to conduct the local government election in the state.
Anybody who campaigned and beg the people for vote with a promise to conduct L.G.A election and after winning, did not conduct the election is not a man of honour.
Whatever we do in the state without conduct of local government election, will not move the state forward. For 15 years local government election has not been conducted in the state. That must change.
We are also not happy that 60 percent of our traders in the state have moved to Asaba, Delta State, because of harassment and extortion by multiple tax force men with different uniforms, what we have in Anambra State and Onitsha in particular are task-forces, some of whom use mortar to hit people.
The state is not livable because of insecurity, security of lives and property is not valued now in the state.”
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