Anambra Guber 2025: APGA, APC, The Odds And Options Ahead

November 8, the stage is indeed set for what may be described as the game of cards between the APC and APGA given the fact that each of the parties claims to have the arsenal to secure victory. Though Anambra electorate will surely decide, the two parties are coming to the table with a catalogue of achievements recorded so far.

Chief Bunty Onuigbo ,a spokesperson of the APC Elders Council in Anambra South Senatorial District, who dismissed the position of APGA on the coming election, stated that the issue of progressivism between Soludo and Tinubu doesn’t translate to the boast of APGA that Tinubu has endorsed him. “What do you expect Mr. President to say when he comes to any state in the country?

He is the president of Nigeria and he would always speak like a father and that is the mistake the APGA people are making. “During the election proper, he will support his party not APGA, and don’t forget that he needs more states, including Anambra during the general election,” he said.

But Dr Chuma Odili Harris, a media consultant and CEO of Hardcore News Network, who dismissed Onuigbo’s claims, noted that the boast of the APC in Anambra State would come to noting during the election.

According to him, “Mr. President came on a working visit to Anambra State and scored Governor Charles Soludo high and even commissioned some huge projects.

“Everyone listened to his speech and he made no mistake about the great achievements of the governor and he observed that the policies of the Soludo administration are in line with his Renewed Hope agenda.

“Since he has already congratulated the governor for doing well, it will amount to speaking from both sides of the mouth to come back to say that Soludo is not doing well and I don’t see him saying that.

“Soludo’s concept of progressivism is very clear to us because it was APGA that initiated it as a party before the merger or political baptism of Congress for Progressives Chance (CPC) and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has it as an ideology and later took it on as APC and that is one thing that both political parties have going for them ” Chuma said.

Anambra chairman of APGA, Obi-Okoye described the threats of the APC in the state as mere rantings just to seek relevance.

“This is politics and it is a free country, so they can afford to rant as muscle as they could because it is already over for the other parties.

“A party that is still grappling with its internal crisis that has remained like a virus and people are leaving the party in droves and the structures have been crashing and before they figure out how to salvage the situation their party leader, President Tinubu paid a working visit to Anambra State, and after commissioning and inspection of projects scored Governor Soludo of APGA excellent hence deepening the APC predicament in Anambra State.

“What that means is that they have lost their deposit. Are they coming to tell Anambra people about the administration of Soludo? Are they coming to tell our people that their leader and president of Nigeria lied about the achievements of the governor?

“Are they going to tell our people that those projects were never executed or that Mr. President did not see those projects because he commissioned them at night?”

Obi-Okoye contended that the issue of progressivism between Soludo and Tinubu is a well tailored alliance between the party at the centre and Anambra State and that it has come to stay.

According to him, “that is why they are not comfortable with that visit and they did all that they could to stop it but it was already late for them and that is the product of the alliance between APGA and APC at the centre and it has come to stay” Obi-Okoye said.

As the election draws near several observers are already giving it to the governor, while those who appears to hold their loyalty to their party still feel that miracle may happen.

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