Anambra poll: APC in trouble as ex-guber aspirant gets strong opposition party ticket

• Former governorship aspirant connected the level of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Paul Chukwuma, has emerged campaigner of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), up of the November 8 governorship predetermination successful Anambra
• Chukwuma, who resigned from APC connected Thursday, April 3, picked YPP signifier connected Wednesday, April 9, earlier emerging campaigner of the enactment astatine the superior predetermination connected Thursday, April 10
• Also, the Labour Party held a factional primary, which produced Jude Umejiego arsenic its campaigner for the November 8 governorship election

Awka, Anambra - As mentation for the November 8, 2025, Anambra State governorship predetermination gathers momentum, a erstwhile frontline governorship aspirant of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr. Paul Chukwuma, has picked the summons of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) up of the guber poll.

Chukwuma emerged unopposed successful a superior predetermination organized successful Awka, the authorities capital, connected Thursday, April 10.

Paul Chukwuma becomes the YPP governorship campaigner successful the November 8 Anambra predetermination aft dumping APC Photo Credit: @Ikembajust
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Paul Chukwuma dumped APC for YPP

Last thursday, Dr. Chukwuma withdrew from the APC superior predetermination scheduled for Saturday, April 5, citing infiltration of non progressive elements into the enactment arsenic portion of reasons that informed his exit. He besides alleged irregularities successful the party’s superior predetermination process.

Speaking aft the superior election, Dr. Chukwuma said his purpose of going powerfully into the contention is to supply bully governance for the radical of Anambra State; insisting that Governor Soludo's champion is not bully capable to assistance the authorities to the adjacent level - adding that Soludo has failed successful giving Ndi Anambra the Dubai/Taiwan authorities helium promised successful his campaign.

He encouraged his supporters crossed enactment disagreement to support religion alive, arsenic God would spot them through; contempt the orchestrations of his opponents.

Why Chukwuma near APC

He said:

"I near APC, not due to the fact that I hatred the enactment oregon our leader, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I near it due to the fact that the process and arrangements towards the superior predetermination were acold from being credible."Despite our determination to permission APC up of the superior election, we inactive reaffirm our loyalty to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Renewed Hope Agenda."Whatever is our docket for the bully radical of Anambra state, we shall actualise them, adjacent arsenic YPP government. Our committedness towards the advancement of Anambra State is not successful doubt," helium added.

Why Chukwuma is simply a crippled changer

The Anambra State president of the Young Progressive Party, Moses Obi, described Chukwuma arsenic a crippled changer; saying that the enactment gave him waver to alert its emblem because, his objectives align with the imaginativeness and ngo of the enactment and its founding fathers.

"With Paul Chukwuma arsenic our candidate, determination is nary uncertainty that our enactment volition triumph the November 8 governorship election. He has each it takes to triumph the election. He has the enactment of the Anambra people. He besides has the enactment of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu."

News of Dr. Chukwuma picking the YPP summons for the November 8 predetermination sparked wide jubilation connected large streets of Anambra State, peculiarly among the younker and women.

Anambra residents talk connected Chukwuma

Some residents of Awka, the authorities capital, who spoke with Legit.ng Correspondent expressed their joy, saying that YPP has produced a large alternate to the incumbent governor.

In a related development, the Anambra State section of Labour Party (LP), has held a factional superior predetermination to elite governorship campaigner of the enactment for the November 8, 2025 governorship election.

This is coming aft past week’s superior predetermination of the enactment wherever different candidate, Dr George Moghalu, had been elected arsenic candidate.

Another aspirant of the party, Mr John Nwosu had pulled retired of the erstwhile election, citing irregularities and incompetence connected the portion of the Julius Abure-led enactment to clasp the election, having been sacked by the Supreme Court.

In Thursday’s superior election, John Nwosu stood for the predetermination against Hon. Jude Umejiego and lost. Umejiego polled 180 votes to level Nwosu, who polled 69 votes.

Anambra election: Labour Party elected factional candidate

Acting president of the electoral committee, Amb. Sunday Okereke, portion declaring the results, said: “With the powers conferred connected maine by the Electoral Act, 2022, and the Guidelines of our party, I hereby state and instrumentality Hon Jude Umejiego arsenic the duly elected campaigner of Labour Party for the November 8, 2025.”

The candidate, Umejiego, successful his acceptance speech, pledged to enactment hard for the triumph of the party. He said LP volition usage Anambra arsenic a exemplary to showcase the party’s program to crook Nigeria astir from a depletion to a accumulation nation.

Umejiego, a subordinate of the Anambra State House of Assembly, who represents Onitsha South 2 State Constituency, besides announced his moving mate, Hon Henry Mbachu, besides a subordinate of the State House of Assembly, who represents Awka South 1 State Constituency.

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Source: Legit.ng