Okigwe APC leaders back Obiaraeri’s Senate bid
By Austin Echefu
The recent endorsement of Prof Nnamdi Obiaraeri, the Commissioner of Information, by Governor Rochas Anayo Okorocha of Imo State as the 2019 senatorial candidate for APC in Okigwe Zone has continued to enjoy the overwhelming acceptance of party leaders and stakeholders within the zone, as the party in Okigwe during the weekend resolved to ensure that the Commissioner emerged a senator in 2019.
They party leaders who made the resolution at the Amagu-Ihube country home of Prof Nnamdi Obiaraeri at a formal declaration of his senatorial ambition, noted that the Governor who is the father of the party and leader in the state has their collective support in endorsing the Commissioner.
The party leaders maintained that Governor Okorocha who has provided the desired leadership required in governance is in a better position to endorse candidates of APC at all levels in the state ahead of the general elections.
According to them, the state commissioner for Information, Prof Nnamdi Obiaraeri, has all the qualities and qualifications that would make him to win the senatorial election for their party and also provide the much cherished representation that has eluded Okigwe in the past.
They leaders who decried that the efforts of the state governor and party members in electing an APC senator into the senate at the last election has failed to yield the desired result as the senator has remained silent and missing within the party at all the levels in the state.
Leading the party hierarchy to the declaration, Chief Lucky Uche, the APC Chairman in Okigwe who maintained that the aspiration of Prof Nnamdi Obiaraeri to go to the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly for Okigwe zone which has been endorsed by the governor is now a party program for 2019, assured that APC in Okigwe is not only in full support of the endorsement of the choice of Obiaraeri but will work as a team to deliver him at the polls.
Also spewking, Pastor Frank Onwumere, Hon.Emeka Okoronkwo, Hon.Chukwunonye Irouno, Pastor Mrs Angel Orji, Chief Max Ikokwu, Hon Ilochonwu Bennett, Nze Nwokoro Duke, Hon. Sunny Chiadi,Barr Emma Nwosu, Hon. Ejiogu Charles, agreed that the Governor’s choice on Obiaraeri was a welcomed one that could not be contradicted by any right thinking member of the APC in the state.
Earlier, the senatorial hopeful, Prof Nnamdi Obiaraeri, who thanked Governor Okorocha for finding him suitable and credible to be endorsed for plum position in Okigwe zone, declared to use the position to serve humanity and God if elected.
The Information Commissioner reiterated the decision of the party leaders to continue to support every action of the the Okorocha administration, explaining that he has what it takes to provide a new representation at the Senate for Okigwe zone.
