Maduako Igbokwe l Saturday, April 10, 2021
AWKA, Anambra, Nigeria – National Chairman of the United Progressives Party (UPP) Chief Chekwas Okorie has stated that Anambra State governorship election will determine the chance of south east producing next president of Nigeria .
Okorie made the statement in Awka Anambra state capital ,while presenting the state UPP structure in support of All Progressive Congress APC gubernatorial aspirant Chief Azuka Okwuosa. UPP had earlier collapsed it’s structure into APC in Anambra State.
“Anambra state governorship election is important to the South East and Ndigbo in general and this is the flagship of the battle to produce a president of Igbo extraction ” he said . He also warned against the imposition of candidate on the party in Anambra state.
“I wish to say that we will resist any attempt by some people to impose a candidate on the APC and we shall ensure that the candidate of the party must emerge through a democratic process and we must ensure that internal democracy prevails in Anambra APC” he said .
He described Okwuosa as a team player who has paid his dues in party politics , adding that his emergence as governor would leap jump development in the state. Okorie urged Okwuosa to engage UPP members into his campaign organization because of they have structure in local area of the state
Responding , Okwuosa regretted that all the dividends of democracy distributed by the regime of Muhammadu Buhari are handle by members of the PDP and APGA while the APC members in Anambra are left out.
“I believe in the reward system and when you work hard you get your reward and that is how it should be and not the other way round” he said. Chief Azuka Okwuosa promised to ensure that the APC wins Anambra election in the state and stressed the need for internal democracy in the process of nominating a candidate for the party.
“If given the ticket ,I will win election for the party and change the narrative in the state and every party member will enjoy” he said . He said that time has gone when foreigners are given in position in the state .
