The All Progressives Congress, APC in Abia State on Saturday October 16th, 2021 held parallel congress where Enyi Harbor and Honourable Acho Obioma emerged as the new chairmen of the party in two factions.
Chairman of the seven man committee of APC state Congress for Abia, Honourable Kolawole Babatunde from Ondo State said Enyi Harbor, Chief Chidi Abuaja who emerged as the state party secretary, Deacon Obinna Atuonwu as organising secretary, Okey Ezeala as publicity secretary among others emerged from a consensus exercise held at Chidiebere Park Ugwunchara Umuahia opposite Holy Rosary Secondary girls.
Hon Nkiru Onyejecha casting her vote
This faction has Ikechi Emenike, Nkiru Onyejecha, Friday Nwosu among others behind the scene as leaders, as Kolawole described any other APC state congress as a picnic, the .
In his acceptance speech on behalf of the new Abia APC exco, Mr Enyi Harbor said what led to his emergency was a dedication and careful plan by high Chief Ikechi Emenike, Honourable Nkiru Onyejecha including other party stakeholders to move APC forward.
Enyi Harbor
According to him, APC will breakthrough what PDP in Abia had done wrong and promised to reposition APC in Abia State in order to take the state to better level.
He added that the party exco shall not be a breeding place for anti party activities or APC in the day time and another party at night.
Babatunde inspecting voting materials
On the other hand, Chairman of APC congress committee for Nwankpa faction, Honourable Uzo Azubuike, described the exercise held at Umuahia Township stadium as successful and announced that Sylvanus Nwaji got one vote, Dike Nwankwo 4 votes, Chidi Nwosu 92 votes, Ikechukwu Ukaegbu 134 votes and Acho Obioma got 298 votes, while 24 void votes was recorded.
National officer from APC to monitor the congress in Abia, Aliu Ugbanne announced Acho Obioma as the chairman of APC in Abia State.
Aliu Ugbanne
In his acceptance speech, Hon Acho Obioma thanked APC for the confidence reposed on him and promised not to disappoint them.
Hon Acho Obioma
He said his campaign was for APC to succeed in Abia state, adding that APC is a party to work with, just as he urged other chairmanship contestants to work with him.
Donatus Nwankpa
According to him, APC will rejoice more when they win the forces in the state and committed himself to the progress of the party, assuring that APC will take Abia State government come 2023.
National Watch observed that while the High Chief Ikechi Emenike faction finished by 2pm in the afternoon with all positions announced, the other faction was able to do only chairmanship election of which the result was announced around 9:30pm.
