Former APC auditor enters Anambra governorship race

Former National Auditor of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Sir Paul Chukwuma, has thrown his hat into the race for the coveted seat of the governorship of Anambra State.

The Director-General of the Chukwuma primary election campaign council, Ifeanyichukwu Ibezi, accompanied by scores of party faithful, procured the ₦50 million worth of expression of interest and nomination forms at the headquarters of the APC in Abuja on Thursday on his behalf.

Ibezi, who spoke to journalists, vowed that his principal would unseat the incumbent governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, in the November 5 Anambra State governorship poll.

He described Chukwuma as a founding member of APC who enjoys the support of all the members of the party at the ward, local government, zonal, and state levels, as well as critical stakeholders in Anambra State.

He ruled out fears that Prof. Charles Soludo would capitalise on his power of incumbency to intimidate his opponents at the poll.

“Having picked his nomination form, I will also let you know that Sir Paul Chukwuma has already gotten himself ready to contest for this office. He has his agenda, a concise agenda, and he says it’s going to be on a three-cardinal-point agenda. And when you compress it together, we tag it ‘HIS,'” he noted.

“HIS means Human Capital Development, Infrastructural Development, and Security. These are the three major reasons why he decided to contest for the governorship position.

“There are other enablers in these three core cardinal points, and I believe by the time we conclude our primary elections, he will have the privilege of launching his manifesto and beginning the process of addressing the people of Anambra State on his core mission to become the governor of the state

“Sir Paul Chukwuma is a party man. He has done so much for this party. The party, being the purpose vehicle upon which he will ride to achieve his ambition and also give victory to our party.

“He started by putting every effort in place to ensure this purpose vehicle is put to use, and he did that by paying for all the 326 ward offices, 21 local government offices of the party, and giving the party at the state level a brand-new office very close to the Government House.

“The office is strategically positioned so that APC, the biggest party in Africa, is prepared to take Anambra State come November 8, 2025.

“Recall that in every election cycle, there’s a standard that one week or a few days before the election, the IGP would order all the vigilantes to submit their arms to the police headquarters in that state. So we have no doubt; it’s an existing practice, and that’s what’s going to happen. Our major concern is to bring victory and win the election for the party.”