Prince Eze Madumere, Chief of Staff, Sir. Jude Ejiogu, and other
senior political appointees in his government willing in contesting
the 2015 governorship election on the platform of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, to declare immediately, and should not be cowed by him.
Governor Okorocha spoke while addressing leaders and officials of the
party and aspirants on the ticket of the party in the state, stating
that nobody should withhold his or her ambition because of him, and
that every member of the APC willing in the governorship of the state
should throw his or her hat into the ring, assuring that there would
be level playing ground for all aspirants in the choice or selection
of candidates of the party.
The Governor told the party stakeholders that the party would have
mock primary on September 1, 2014 which would precede the main
primary; adding that the mock primary would be community based because
the candidates the party would back in the primary proper would be the
persons who got more popular support from the people in the
communities that make up their respective LGAs, or state
constituencies or federal constituencies or the senatorial zones.
According to the governor, the people at the grassroot must be fully
involved and that the party would press for popular candidates that
will win elections for the party no matter the zone they come from,
charging the aspirants to go home and mobilize and do not hope that
anybody would give them ticket through the back door.
Governor Okorocha said, "every aspirant must face his community.
All party members must be involved. It is not going to be few
delegates matter. There will be no Government House candidates or
Governor Okorocha's candidates. The Government House or the governor
will not give the party any candidates. Government or Governor would
go for the candidate of the people."
Sam Onwuemeodo
Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media.
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