Anambra Guber: APC’s Okonkwo submits forms, vows victory

An aspirant in the Anambra State governorship election slated for November 8, 2025, Obiora Okonkwo, has submitted the expression of interest and nomination forms to qualify him to contest the April 5 primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Okonkwo, who arrived at the national headquarters of the APC in Abuja, was received by thousands of his supporters, who stormed the secretariat with many buses and posters displaying inscriptions that eulogized him as their choice.

While addressing journalists, Okonkwo expressed the belief that he would win the APC primary and go on to be elected as the governor of Anambra State.

He said, “I want to tell you that after praying and seeking God’s face, we have successfully submitted the completed forms. We have no doubt that we have entered the other phase of the race and that we will be declared the winner after the primaries by God’s grace.

“Yes, power belongs to God, and having submitted the forms, I totally submit to the will of God. What I am assuming is that an earthquake will erupt in Anambra to remove the rudderless incumbent governor. We will win Anambra for the APC. We will bring the state and the Southeast into the APC fold.”

Okonkwo said his confidence is boosted by the fact that he’s the only aspirant coming from Anambra Central, the zone where the Action Congress (AC) and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) held sway before the party transmuted into APC.

He said, “Returning to the APC is a homecoming for me, and I am happy to be home. God made it possible for AC and ACN to win elections in Anambra Central before, using me and other men of goodwill to actualise them.

“I hope to lead the campaign and be on the ballot paper. We already have the advantage, and with the support of the party and God Almighty, APC will win the Anambra State governorship election.”

He lamented that Anambra under Governor Chukwuma Soludo has only experienced pain, sorrow, and agony instead of his promise to transform the state into Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Japan.

He also slammed the governor for what he described as a late response to the issue of insecurity in Anambra.

“It is medicine after many deaths, and the spirits of those who lost their lives will not forgive us if we give Soludo a second-term ticket,” he said.

Further speaking, Okonkwo dismissed the speculations that the presidency may have entered into an agreement with the governor to deliver 25 per cent to President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.

He said, “This is the time for Anambra people to pay him back. Soludo claimed that he worked for President Tinubu during the presidential election, but he did not. He only worked for himself. We have it on good authority that the letter, written by the presidential campaign of the APC to him for a courtesy visit by Mr. President, but for 10 times, the chief protocol of the governor did not intentionally meet them to receive the letter. And for that reason, he could not meet the President for a handshake when he came for the campaign.

“Allowing him to win with the support of APC from Abuja means plucking your eyes and giving them to him to see, based on the promise that he will deliver 25 per cent for Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. Why should you go for 25 per cent when an APC sitting governor can make him win by a landslide?

“We will never fall into that APGA gimmick anymore. Our president is a true party man and knows that he cannot sabotage the party. We have heard that story, but our message to him is that we are not buying into that APGA gimmick. There are no such arrangements. We know that APGA was led by Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, but today, there is no APGA but Solutions.”