EMBATTLED STATE PDP PARTY CHAIRMAN IN EBONYI STATE, SAYS HE REMAINS STATE CHAIRMAN
A FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE OF ANAMBRA STATE, PETER UMEADI, ON WEDNESDAY, EMERGED AS THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF THE ALL PROGRESSIVES GRAND ALLIANCE IN THE 2023 ELECTION.
UMEADI, WHO WAS UNOPPOSED BECAME APGA’S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AT THE PARTY’S CONVENTION IN ABUJA WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY ITS LEADERS AND MEMBERS FROM THE NATION’S SIX GEO-POLITICAL ZONES.
THE PARTY DELEGATES AFFIRMED HIS CANDIDACY BY A VOICE VOTE.
APGA NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, VICTOR OYE, WHO EXPRESSED OPTIMISM THAT UMEADI WOULD BE SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT IN 2023, SAID THAT THE PARTY WOULD ALSO PRODUCE MORE THAN 30 SENATORS.
OYE SAID THAT APGA WOULD TAKE NIGERIA BY STORM, ADDING THAT UMEADI HAVING SERVED IN THE JUDICIARY FOR 35 YEARS WAS WELL EQUIPPED AND WAS THE CANDIDATE TO BEAT IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
HE REITERATED THAT THERE WAS NO CRISIS IN AGPA, POINTING OUT THAT NO FACTION EXISTED BECAUSE HIS LEADERSHIP WAS THE ONE INEC RECOGNISED.
IN HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, UMEADI SAID THAT HE WAS STEPPING OUT WITH THE TRIPLE BANNER OF RULE OF LAW, SEPARATION OF POWER AND DUE PROCESS IF ELECTED.
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