The purported second term bid of President GoodLuck Jonathan got a boost in Awka, yesterday, when Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, and its National Chairman, Chief Victor Umeh and other party chieftains in a joint action unanimously endorsed Jonathan as their candidate in next year’s presidential election.
At a ceremony held at the Dr. Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka, yesterday, under the auspices of Join Jonathan Journey, JJJ, an APGA pro- Jonathan group, Obiano said they are supporting Jonathan on his ambition to run for a second tenure. He assured that APGA as a political party will deliver victory fully Jonathan in Anambra State and the entire Igboland.
Obiano, who stated that APGA will contest for the other elective posts tenable in the Senate, House of Representatives and House of Assembly, said the party has given automatic ticket to Umeh to run for Anambra Central Senate seat, while all the aspirants for other elective posts in 2015 on the platform of APGA must go through the party primaries.
Speaking during the event which came barely two weeks after the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria, TAN, held similar rally at the same venue, Umeh stated that they are supporting President Jonathan because they know he is the best for Nigeria now. , who spoke against the backdrop of how they supported Jonathan successfully in 2011, promised that they will campaign seriously for Jonathan if he comes out to contest in 2015.
He contended that Jonathan needs to be reelected for the unity of the country and for Jonathan to be able to finish his good works, while stressing that the Chibok girls issue can never be used to prevent Jonathan from being re-elected.
Stressing their support for the second term bid of Jonathan, Umeh said, “Jonathan has nothing to worry, we are solidly behind him and as APGA ,we hereby endorse Jonathan to run for 2015 for the unity of this country and if he does not run, Nigeria will be in trouble”.
Umeh sounding optimistic about the success of the party’s second endorsement of Jonathan, stated that Obiano is now the leader of the new movement to deliver victory to Jonathan and that the party’s support for Jonathan is by action and not by mere words of mouth. Umeh also boasted that it is only APGA that can deliver Jonathan to victory in Anambra State.
The Director General of Join Jonathan Journey, Chief Ben Oranusi, a former APC chieftain, stated that his group will reach out to other Igbo states and take the campaign for them to support Jonathan.
He stated that President Jonathan is a good brand which everybody should embrace.
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Source: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/2015-obiano-apga-adopt-jonathan/
