2027: Ex-NUJ Deputy National President, Onyike declares to contest for Reps seat

A erstwhile Deputy National president of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Chief Abia Onyike, has formally declared his volition to contention for the House of Representatives spot for Afikpo/ Edda national constituency of Ebonyi authorities travel the 2027 elections.

Onyike is contesting nether the level of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

The erstwhile oCmmissioner for Information successful Ebonyi State, made this known successful a property merchandise issued connected Saturday, saying helium would question the party’s summons to correspond the constituency astatine the National Assembly.

According to him, his determination to articulation the contention is driven by a tendency to lend to the improvement and aboriginal aspirations of the Afikpo/Edda Federal Constituency successful Ebonyi State.

He disclosed that successful the coming days and weeks, helium would embark connected consultations with captious stakeholders crossed the 2 section authorities areas that marque up the constituency – Afikpo North and Edda, to stock his imaginativeness and speech ideas connected the improvement of the area.

“I privation to prehend this accidental to pass our radical astatine location and successful the diaspora astir my volition to vie for the slot of the House of Represent...