I remain best candidate to unseat Soludo – APC aspirant
The Chairman of United Nigeria Airlines and a frontline aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, has said he remains the best candidate to unseat the incumbent governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, in the forthcoming Anambra State governorship election, taking place in November.
Okonkwo also appealed to the APC National Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, and the party’s National Working Committee to consider him the consensus candidate for the election.
He stated this while addressing party stakeholders at the new APC State Secretariat in Awka on Sunday, as part of events and strategies towards the forthcoming party’s primaries.
Ganduje had some few days ago, in one of his strategic meetings with an APC support group known as “Booth 2 Booth with Bola Tinubu” at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, stated that the party would prefer having a consensus candidate than having an unpopular candidate for the Anambra governorship ticket ahead of the election.
He also pledged to present an award to Anambra APC if they could be united and produce a consensus candidate to avoid the stress and the financial jamboree that comes with holding the conventional primary election to elect a candidate.
Reacting to the APC leader, Okonkwo, said, “I remain the best candidate APC can use to unseat the incumbent governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA at the election.
“If elected as the governor, Anambra will be poised to witness unprecedented growth, peace, and development that would transform the lives of Ndi-Anambra.
“I promised to uphold the values of good governance, transparency, and service to the people of Anambra State, saying these are the bedrock of APC’s vision for the country.”
Okonkwo noted that he remained committed to supporting the ongoing transformation policies of the Bola Tinubu-led government.
He promised to work with the president to ensure that the vision of a greater Anambra State is achieved for the benefit of all residents irrespective of tribe, ethnic region and political affiliations.
