The
names of former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and former
member of House of Representatives, have been removed from the list of
the Anambra APC governorship aspirants.
Andy Ubah, Ifeanyi Ubah, Chukwuma Soludo
While speaking to newsmen on Wednesday, the Anambra Chapter of the
All Progressive Congress, has revealed that it has dropped the names of
a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof Chukwuma Soludo
and Mrs Uche Ekwunife from the list of the party’s governorship
aspirants.
According to Punch, the State Chairman of the Party, Mr Emeka Ibe,
who made the disclosed in Awka, the Anambra state capital, said the
party’s action was as a result of fresh information available to it.
He said, “We just discovered that Prof Soludo has not
registered as a member of our party in his ward. And you know the
journey begins from the ward.
“He is a big friend of us and a big friend to the APC Federal
Government, but he must first register at his ward level before any
other thing.
“For Mrs Uche Ekwunife, we just discovered that she might not want to run for this year’s governorship in the state.
"For these reasons we have decided to drop their names from the
list of the governorship aspirants in the forthcoming election in the
state on the platform of our party," Ibe added.
Recall that we had reported on Tuesday
that the APC Chairman had listed Prof Soludo and Mrs Uche Ekwunife
among the 13 governorship aspirants jostling for the the party’s
governorship ticket in the state.
Others, according to him, were: Senator Andy Uba, National auditor
of APC, Dr George Moghalu, Ifeanyi Ubah, the 2013 PDP governorship
candidate in the state, Dr Tony Nwoye.
Chief Bath Nwibe, Dr Obinna Uzor, Dr Chike Obidigbo, Obinna
Onunkwo, Paul Chukwuma, Hon. Ralph Okeke, and Prince Donatus Okonkwo
were also among those the APC state Chairman listed.
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