By Ovat Abeng
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State has set up its Governorship Campaign Council at the various polling units, 326 wards and 21 local government areas preparatory for the victory of candidate of the party for November 8, 2025 election, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu in the state.
Ukachukwu, disclosed this to newsmen at the end of meeting with stakeholders of the party drawn from across the 21 LGAs and three Senatorial districts held on Friday in Awka the state capital.
He said the meeting with the stakeholders was specifically to review the state of the party, taking into account the ugly events that transpired during the August 16th 2025 Anambra South Senatorial and Onitsha North 1 State House of Assembly by-elections in the state.
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Already, leaders and elders as well as members of the State Working Committee (SWC) of the APC have resolved to mobilize, sensitize and intensify awareness on members and the electorate so that they can vote massively for party and to deliver Prince Ukachukwu and his Deputy Governorship candidate, Senator (Dr.) Uche Ekwunife come November 8.
The APC gubernatorial candidate explained that the constituted polling units wards and LGAs campaign councils were aimed at mobilizing the electorate,members of the party and people at the grassroots towards the success of the APC at the poll.
According to him, the party appointed 30 persons from polling units, 25 persons from each for the 326 wards and another 25 each from each of the 21 LGAs as members of the campaign council at those levels.
He stated that activities of the campaign council at the grassroots level would graduate to the constitution of the state Campaign Council as part of the party’s strategic plans to drum massive support and to send the message of hope, vision, mission and programmes to the people ahead of the election.
“The Stakeholders meeting was to review our last elections (by-elections), the disappointments and chances we had and also to discuss and harmonize and approve local governments campaign Council, Wards Campaign Council and Polling Units Campaign Council,” he said.
“We decided to have 30 man campaign Council at the polling units up to the wards with 25 people per ward and Coordinate them and then the Local Governments we have the same number 25. We now move to form the state Campaign Council. It’s like a review meeting; to review our campaign so far and then the visitation again, know the problems here and there and know how to go about it.”
While expressing optimism that rejigging the fold strategically would launch the party to victory, Prince Ukachukwu also deplored the unsportsmanship behaviour of members of the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and State owned security outfit, Agunechemba and Udo Ga Achi operatives over alleged intimidations against voters, electoral manipulations and other challenges that trailed the by-elections.
“And I am happy that where we are now is quite good but we still have to make more efforts. The reports we have gotten so far shows that our people are doing the best and they have overcome the challenges of intimidation and all the things that happened during the previous elections (by-elections); all the intimidations by non state actors and the APGA’s manipulation of results and all the things that happened.”
“We have gone beyond that with strategies, checks and balances, coordinate and make sure we have a stake,” he added.
He tasked the leaders, elders and members of the party to rise above board in order to confront the challenges ahead in order to dislodge forces of the ruling APGA led government and to ensure the APC clinches victory in the state.
Earlier, Chairman of the APC in the state, Chief Basil Ejidike in his address said that the party is determined to take over the new Government House come mobber 8.
He noted that a lot of water had gone through the tunnel following events of the August 16 by-elections.
Ejidike pointed out that the governorship campaign leading to the November 8, 2025 poll would soon commence with committees and coordinators to be constituted at the various polling units, wards and the location Government areas.
He therefore urged the elders and leaders to be alive to their responsibilities to ensure the party’s victory during the important election.
