President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice
President Yemi Osibanjo, All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman,
John Odigie Oyegun and other big wigs of the party are expected to participate
in the party’s mega rally in Abia State.
The State Publicity Secretary of
the party, Comrade Benedict Godson told newsmen on Monday in Umuahia, the state
capital after the inauguration of the party’s Contact, Mobilization/Rally
Committee that the event would hold in the state capital in October.
Godson explain that planned mega
rally was to present new members of the party including former Governor of the
state, Dr. Orji Kalu, Chidi Onyeukwu Ajaegbu, immediate past President
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Dr. Sampson Uche Ogah,
CEO Masters Energy and former Abia PDP governorship aspirant in 2015 election,
Chief David Ogba Onuoha, MD of defunct Bourdex telecommunication and Abia North
Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, MD of defunct
Hallmark Bank and brother to former senate president (Adolphus Wabara), Mark
Wabara among other Abia political big weights who will be presented to the
public at the event scheduled to hold at the state capital.
According to Godson, the rally
was preparatory to the party’s efforts to woo more supporters ahead of the 2019
general election.
He restated that the party would
not zone the governorship position in the state to any zone, stressing that the
party through an open and credible primaries would present candidates who are
willing to serve Abians and deliver dividend of democracy to all parts of the
state.
“A governor is like a father with
many children. He loves the children equally and shares his wealth to them
without favouring anyone. APC will produce a governor and leaders that have the
interest of their subjects at heart.
“We are not going to promote
godfatherism, but to present candidates based on their acceptability by the
people who will elect them through a credible primary,” he said.
Chairman of the committee and
deputy chairman of the party, Chief Ogumka Adiele promised that they were going
to do the work entrusted in their care with their best.
Other members of the committee
including Hon Acho Obioma, former House of Rep member and chairman Akoka
Federal College of Education Governing Board Council, Chief Oxford Wabara and
others pledged their commitment in ensuring that they work cooperatively with
the committee’s chairman to produce a positive result.
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