BREAKING (ABIA): APGA Guber Candidate Greg Ibe, Picks Obinna Ichita As Running Mate
The Governorship Candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia State, Prof. Gregory Ibe, has announced Hon. Obinna Ichita as his running mate for the 2023 gubernatorial election.
Hon. Ichita is the incumbent member representing Aba south state constituency in the Abia state House of Assembly.
Prof. Ibe in a press statement released to newsmen in Umuahia on Friday, said the choice of his deputy is “the outcome of an extensive, rigorous and painstaking screening exercise conducted by the party among many aspirants initially, which finally culminated in the nomination of three eminently qualified Abians, from whom Hon. Ichita emerged”.
According to the statement,” In arriving at Hon Ichita, the party adhered strictly to existing guidelines, protocols, due process and ground rules, which among many criteria provide for specific functions and contributions by different organs of the party at State Working Committee (SWC) and National Working Committee (NWC) levels, in collaboration and consultation with the candidate”.
The release further stated that some of the considerations which influenced the emergence of Hon. Ichita include, “his enduring membership of APGA even during turbulent periods, sterling performance as leader of the party in the House of Assembly, equalizing senatorial zone of origin, public acceptability and grassroots support”.