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A group, Anambra Patriots for Soludo, APS, has begun efforts to ensure Governor Chukwuma Soludo secured all the votes that will be cast in the November 8 governorship election.
The Convener of the APS, Arc Okey Ezeobi, disclosed this to newsmen shortly after a meeting organized by the leadership of the group in Awka to reconcile all the aggrieved members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, who left the party since 2022.
Arc Ezeobi, who consistently emphasized that the APS gossips and showcases the good works Governor Soludo is doing for Anambra people, maintained that the group is not talking about winning an election this time.
‘But we are looking towards having a 100% votes. It is on record that the former Governor, Chief Willie Obiano won 21/21.
‘We are not talking about this now, we are talking about 326/326, winning in every polling boot in Anambra State,’ Ezeobi said.
According to him, the strategy to realize this, is good governance, which he expressed belief that his Principal, Governor Soludo has been giving to Anambra people.
‘We have delivered it; we have a record nobody can beat even tomorrow, except another governor from APGA.
‘There is something strategic Soludo is doing that people are not seeing.
‘He is building institutions, setting out policies, things that will live beyond him so that even when he left, the person he will hand over will have no option than to continue from the same track.
‘At the end of day, Nigerians will see that the solution is in Anambra.
‘What do I mean by this? I mean that Nigerians everywhere, every state will be becoming to Anambra State, to copy Anambra model,’ Ezeobi noted.
On the meeting which took place on Thursday, 27th March, Ezeobi said, ‘we observed that there are a lot of aggrieved APGA members who said they are not interested in the system anymore with the feeling that they had done so much but nothing has come in.
‘In the spirit of Onye Aghana Nwanne Ya, our APGA Mantra, it is important for us to reach out to everybody to reconcile the differences to see a bigger picture ahead of us instead of looking at it on a personal level.
‘APS has gone on that mission to search every nook and cranny of Anambra State for all our old APGA faithfuls who are hibernating because of what had happened in the past.
‘This is one phase; it is something we are going to be doing consistently through the election period to make sure that we capture them and have a database of all of them in the 326 wards in Anambra State so that we can adequately address their situation,’ Ezeobi said.
He expressed belief that with Governor Soludo’s achievements, the aggrieved members will have no point staying in other political parties.
‘This time, there will be a strategic plan to make sure that everybody is engaged and recognized,’ he pledged.
While addressing the aggrieved members, Ezeobi, who is also the Managing Director, Anambra State Bureau for Public Procurement, recalled how the APS began, and explained that it had come up with a publication that contains Governor Soludo’s achievements so far.
According to the Managing Director, who said that the publication will soon be made public, the APS will storm the entire markets in Anambra State, next week, for aggressive grassroots mobilization movement to tell people the gospel of Governor Soludo and his achievements.
He stressed that Anambra is APGA land, and Soludo has no rival as the November 8 gubernatorial election in the state is concerned.
‘We want Anambra to be APGAnized and Soludonized; that is the bottom line.
‘Let us reconcile, to bring back the glory of APGA. We will not allow young people who do not know the root of the party to take the glory,’ Ezeobi said.
Also speaking, the Chairman of the APS, Chief Ejiamatu Damian Enekwechi, appealed to the aggrieved members to bury the hatchets, return to the APGA, and join hands in supporting Governor Soludo, for the overall interest of ndi-Anambra.
In attendance were some top ranking members of the APS including member representing Njikoka II Constituency in Anambra State House of Assembly, Jude Akpua; an Adviser to Governor Soludo, Air Vice Marshall Ben Chiobi, Rtd; the Director, Anambra State Project Monitoring Office, Obumneme Akunyili; the National President, Anambra State Association of Town Unions, Barr Titus Akpudo; and a chieftain of the APGA, High Chief Ben Obi.
The members took took turns, first, to appreciate the aggrieved members, for answering the call of the group, and second, to appeal to them to come back to the APGA, to return Governor Soludo, for continuity and sustenance of the good works he is doing across the state.
Responding, some of the aggrieved members, Lady Njide Anusi, Dame Theresa Udemezue Okoye, Hon Friday Udensi, Mr Kneeth Emenike, among others, could not hide their grievances, but expressed readiness to rejoin the party.
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