The Chairman of All Progressive Congress, APC, in Abia State, Chijioke Chukwu has said that candidates for the 2027 polls in the state will not be hand-picked and imposed on the party members.
Chukwu, who was speaking at the APC State office in Umuahia on Tuesday while receiving the aspirant for Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal constituency, Mayor Lucky Igbokwe, said every aspirant would get a level playing ground.
He also said that the APC in Abia has ended the previous practices where some party members only used the name of the party to secure appointments from the Federal government.
The Abia APC Chairman explained that candidates for the 2027 elections would only emerge through the will of the party members, not through anybody’s connection to officials at the APC headquarters.
“We have returned power to the people. Nobody can stay on this table and give anybody a ticket.
“And the disposition of the APC today means that it is not a party where somebody can go to the APC headquarters and say I have discussed with them”, Chukwu maintained.
He lamented that the Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal constituency is presently at the lowest ebb in terms of representation and connection with the people.
In his speech, Abia State Director of City Boy Movement and the aspirant for Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal constituency, Mayor Lucky Igbokwe said that he would change the narrative.
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