By Bayo Wahab
Following the mass defection of Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP) members to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu, Sunday Udeh-Okoye, former PDP Nationwide Secretary, has expressed confidence over the 2027 presidential election in he state.
Udeh-Okoye, who lately dumped the PDP for the APC, stated the 2027 presidential election will likely be a walkover for the ruling occasion within the state.
“Within the subsequent election, it will likely be a landslide for the APC in Enugu,” he declared.
Requested if the APC may win the presidential election in Enugu if Peter Obi is on the poll, the previous PDP chieftain stated the ruling occasion would win “regardless of who’s on the poll.”
Udeh-Okoye maintained that the APC has taken over the PDP construction in Enugu, including that Peter Obi’s candidacy and his Obidient motion can not cease the APC within the state.
In keeping with him, Obi, who ran on the Labour Get together platform within the 2023 presidential election, defeated the APC in Enugu as a result of the APC had no construction within the state.
“Those that win election for the occasion as at that second, we weren’t in APC, now all of us are in APC…anyone you want discipline in any political occasion, I guarantee you in Enugu State APC will win,” he pressured.
Udeh-Okoye countered the declare that Southeasterners received’t vote for the APC, saying the Enugu Authorities has sufficient marketing campaign supplies, including that Governor Mbah has delivered on his guarantees to the Enugu folks.
He said that Ndigbo would embrace the APC, noting that the area’s perceived aversion to the ruling occasion was as a result of former President Muhammadu Buhari’s alleged disposition in the direction of the area.
With Governor Mbah’s defection to the APC, three out of the 5 states within the Southeast at the moment are below the management of the ruling occasion.
Whereas Imo, Ebonyi and Enugu are ruled by the APC authorities, Abia and Anambra State are below the management of the Labour Get together and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), respectively.
Udeh-Okoye additionally disclosed that one other state within the area will quickly be part of the APC.
When requested which of the 2 non-APC states within the Southeast will quickly be part of the ruling occasion, he stated, “I don’t know.”
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