By Suleiman Anyalewechi
The All Progressive Congress, APC, has vowed to bring to an end the political trajectory of Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi and other politicians they described as yester-years political figures in Rivers state.
The party said it is set to use the August 30, 2025, Local Council polls in the State as dress rehearsal of its wider plans to retire Amaechi, a chieftain of the emerging opposition Coalition platform the African Democratic Congress from the politics of Rivers state.
Addressing supporters at the grand finale of the campaign rally for the forthcoming Local Government Election in Omagwa community, the Head of APC Campaign Organization for Ikwerre Local Government Area Obinna Ekem, boasted that the duo of Amaechi, Celestine Omehia, and others from the area will be retired from active politics after the 2027 general elections.
According to him, the days and years of the old breed Ikwerre political landscape will be brought to an end, in 202, using the outcome of the Local Council polls as a launch pad.
He expressed the optimism that the APC will sweep not just the 13 wards in Ikwerre Local Council, but will also emerge victorious in all the 23 councils of the state come August 30.
This is as he informed that the APC is already looking beyond the Local Government election with the landside victory of President Bola Tinubu in 2027 being its main focus.
He insisted that the opposition Coalition being package by Amaechi, Omehia and others will not be able to stop the victory train of the APC both in Ikwerre and the entire Rivers state in 2027.
Ekem noted that Ikwerre land despite being the home Local Council of Amaechi, and some other ADC Coalition members remains one of the strongholds of APC in Rivers State.
“We have received strong assurance from the people that the APC will not only emerge victorious on Saturday August 30, but also remains the party to beat come 2027 general elections.
“This is because despite being the home of both Amaechi and Omehia, two former Governors of Rivers and other notable coalition forces, Ikwerre is firmly under the grip of APC.
“In fact, when Amaechi was in the APC, the party suffered serious electoral defeats in Ikwerre and other parts of the state.
“But since leaving the party, it has been making steady progress, with the APC having very bright chances of bouncing back to winning ways”, Ekem noted.
In his message, the Rivers State APC factional Chairman, Chief Tony Okocha, urged the people of Ikwerre land to resist any attempts by opposition parties to win the forthcoming local Government polls.
According to him, APC members should seize the opportunity presented by the readiness of the River state Independent Electoral Commission RSIEC to conduct a free and fair exercise to affirm the dominance of the party.
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