Abia APC defies party headquarters, releases separate list of candidates

The All Progressives Congress, APC, successful Abia State, has defied the revised database submitted by the party’s nationalist enactment to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and released a abstracted database of candidates for the 2027 wide election.

This is contained successful a connection by the authorities party’s spokesman, Uche Aguoru, connected Wednesday.

The authorities APC section congratulated what it described arsenic the winners of the party’s governorship and nationalist assembly primaries conducted by the National Working Committee, NWC.

This came a fewer hours aft the APC nationalist office replaced Uchenna Erondu with Paul Ikonne arsenic the party’s senatorial campaigner for Abia southbound and substituted Chris Nkwonta with Samuel Okezie for the Ukwa East/Ukwa West national constituency.

However, the Abia APC retained Erondu and Nkwonta connected its database of candidates.

The authorities section besides recognised Eric Oprah arsenic the APC governorship campaigner for the 2027 election. It listed Orji Uzor Kalu, Emeka Atuma and Erondu arsenic the party’s senatorial candidates.

The section besides recognised Nkwonta, Uzo Azubuike, Udo Alozie, Uzo Ihuka, Chinedum Orji, Benjamin Kalu, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha and Ikenna Ukwa arsenic the APC’s House of Representatives candidates.

The Abia APC thanked Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, nationalist president of the party, and members of the NWC for conducting what it described arsenic a transparent, credible and fair...