The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State has urged the State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) to ensure free, fair, and credible Local Government elections in February 2022.
The factional chairman of the party in the state, Mr. Ugochukwu Agballa, made the call on Sunday in Enugu at the end of its stakeholder’s meeting.
The meeting comprised delegates from the 17 Local Government Areas and Ward levels.
Agballa urged the ENSIEC to provide a level playing ground for all political parties to participate.
The party also warned against disqualifying candidates of opposition parties from participating in the poll.
He reminded the state government of the constitutional right to vote and be voted for during election, as enshrined in the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria.
He said the APC would challenge anyone who disenfranchised the electorate from voting.
Abella noted that the party would mobilize the electorate in the state to go and vote for the party in the election, to correct the political imbalance in the state.
Abella noted that the people of the state were not only tired of the political monopoly but were also frustrated as they were not allowed to participate in the development of the state.
According to him, this explains why the people are seeing the party as an alternative platform that will give them chance to participate in politics.
Agballa assured the party faithful that they would be carried along in the party’s activities.
On the 2023 Igbo Presidency, Agballa reiterated his commitment to ensuring that an Igbo man or woman was voted as the President of Nigeria.
Also speaking, Chief Emma Eneukwu, the former South East Vice Chairman of the party, pledged to support the State party chairman considering his antecedent in the political development of the state.
Eneukwu while describing Agballa as a performer and achiever, noted that his emergence as APC chairman in Enugu State was a blessing, which was further demonstrated in the stakeholder’s meeting.
He urged APC members to support the party in the state to gain more political ground, especially in the forthcoming Local Government Area election.
Speaking on behalf of other APC women, Mrs. Oby Nwofor, appealed to the leaders of the party to unite the party to enable it to act and speak like one.
Nwofor promised to mobilize the women in the party as well as embark on door-to-door visits to recruit more members to the party ahead of the council polls. (NAN).
