Ebonyi 2027: “Opposition Parties Have Adopted Gov Nwifuru For 2nd Term” – APC State Chairman

By Suleiman Anyalewechi 

Receives N40m donation to enable Governor purchase Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms

Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, can start celebrating his  2027 reelection victory even when no vote has been cast. The following is why.

According to the Chairman of the Ebonyi State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha, all the opposition Parties in the State have adopted  Nwifuru for a second term in office. They have succumbed to him. And,  for good measure, he added that the only reason the Parties have not publicly made their decision public is because he advised them to wait for the appropriate time and follow protocol before the surrender of their right to field their own candidates.

In the same, he also declared that the APC gubernatorial ticket is the exclusive preserve of Governor Nwifuru. 

Emegha, who disclosed this while receiving in audience the leadership of the Governor’s support group -FON Youth Movement – at the Party’s State Headquarters in Abakaliki, advised  all other people nursing the ambition of contesting the Governorship of the State  on the Party’s platform to perish the thought.

According to Emegha, major stakeholders and leaders of the APC both at home and in the diaspora have agreed that the Governor should be supported and encouraged to continue with his transformational stride in the State.

The Chairman emphasized that owing to the unanimity  among stakeholders and others, no aspirant has so far thrown his hat into the gubernatorial ring.

“Nobody has so far indicated interest to contest against the Governor in the APC. 

“Even the opposition parties in Ebonyi State are equally in agreement to allow the Governor to continue his good works in the State.

“As I am talking to you, I am aware that the opposition Parties have met and agreed to adopt the Governor as their candidate for the 2027 election.

“However, I have advised them (opposition parties) to wait for the right time, as well as to follow the constitution and guidelines of their various parties in adopting the Governor”, Emegha stated.

Earlier, the National President of the FON Youth Movement, Chinedu Emenike, had informed that the group was at the Party’s Secretariat to make a donation of forty million Naira for the purchase of expression of interest, and nomination forms for Governor Nwifuru’s re-election bid.

He noted that the decision was reached after a careful review of the Governor’s transformational leadership in the last three years across all sectors.

The group emphasized the need to support the Governor to finish the good work he has started.

This was as it lauded the Governor for prioritizing the empowerment of youths , including offering them prominent positions in the Government.

Emenike pledged the  readiness ,and commitment of the group  to the task of ensuring adequate mobilisation of youths for the realization of the Governor’s second term ambition.