Dr. Godswill Agu Egbe has been unveiled as the Abia All Progressives Congress,(APC) Deputy Governorship candidate for the 2027 election in the state.
Chief Eric Opah, the Governorship candidate of the Abia APC led the unveiling held at the party’s Secretariat in Umuahia on Monday.
During the unveilin, Chief Opah said the selection of his running mate followed due diligence and wide consultations in line with party constitutional guidelines.
Chief Opah explained that for two weeks, after the nomination came to him as candidate, he took the initiative to work closely with Dr. Egbe to examine his character and compatibility. Opah disclosed that he went a step further to verify Egbe’s background and business record.
According to him, he discovered Egbe worked with BUA and decided to reach out to the company, being a firm he had done business with, to make inquiries.
Opah affirmed that said BUA returned a very good recommendation of Dr. Egbe, adding that he also sampled the opinions of party leaders and they all agreed to the choice.
”This is a man of integrity and APC will be proud of him”. Opah said.
As regards the preparedness of the party ahead of the election, Opah declared that the party is running the 2027 governorship election in the state to win.
In his words: “Dr. Godswill Agu Egbe has keyed into the agenda of our manifesto, the vision to change Abia. We will work in honesty to use Abia money to work for Abia.”
He added that the APC is coming to run a transparent government in Abia State, emphasising that Abians will feel the positive impact of the APC administration in the state.
Hon. Chijioke Chukwu, the Abia APC Chairman in his speech said the party is excited that in its wisdom it has chosen a man of many parts.
In his own words: ”Today we are excited that the party in its wisdom has chosen a man of many parts, a man of many feats and a man whose name is not just God’s will but equally has goodwill of the people,”
Dr. Godswill Agu Egbe in his acceptance speech, thanked his principal and pledged total loyalty and subordination to leadership, with commitment to work with the vision of his principal and align fully with the party’s manifesto.
”My commitment is my total subordination to leadership. I will work with the vision of my principal, I will align with the manifesto.
”We are running this election to win. Let nobody go to claim that the vote he will get in our state is his doing, it is of APC. We are the APC and we are the people that will bring that vote.” Dr. Egbe said.
He warned against anyone associating with other political structure attempting to claim credit for the work of the party and assured that Abia APC will deliver massive votes for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027 presidential election.
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