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By Osisam Ede<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has strongly dismissed claims by the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Anambra, Nicholas Ukachukwu, that President Bola Tinubu has mandated him to \u201cdeliver Anambra to the APC.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ukachukwu, who returned to Anambra over the weekend after a visit to President Tinubu, made the claim during a welcome rally at the Chinua Achebe Airport, Umueri. Speaking to supporters, Ukachukwu stated, \u201cWe met with the President in Abuja, and he said to us, \u2018Go and get me Anambra State and connect Anambra to the centre.\u2019 That is a mandate, and I want to give you the same mandate to go and gather your people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that he and his newly unveiled running mate, Senator Uche Ekwunife, were ready for the task, urging party loyalists to \u201ctake the message to the grassroots.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But APGA, in a swift response on Sunday, described Ukachukwu\u2019s claims as misleading and baseless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUkachukwu is not the spokesman of President Tinubu and cannot speak on behalf of the President,\u201d said Chinedu Obigwe, National Coordinator of the APGA Media Warriors Forum, in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added, \u201cOnly Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser on Media to the President, or other official media aides are authorized to relay such messages to Nigerians. Ukachukwu is either seeking relevance or eyeing the job of Onanuga or Daniel Bwala.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Obigwe mocked Ukachukwu\u2019s political chances, saying he was \u201cstill floating on the murky waters of Anambra politics\u201d and would be thoroughly defeated by the incumbent, Governor Chukwuma Soludo, in the November 8, 2025 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe couldn\u2019t even win his own senatorial election in 2023. How then can he deliver an entire state to the APC? Even if Tinubu made such a request, it is an impossible mission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Obigwe accused Ukachukwu of plotting to rig the election, vowing that \u201cAnambra electorates will resist any rigging attempt with the last drop of their blood.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He insisted that Anambra is already \u201caligned to the centre\u201d under Soludo\u2019s leadership, citing Tinubu\u2019s cooperation with the governor during his past visit to the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen President Tinubu visited Anambra, he approved all of Soludo\u2019s requests. That\u2019s proof of a strong working relationship between them. Ukachukwu is simply beating around the bush.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Obigwe concluded with a strong message: \u201cThere is no vacancy in Anambra State Government House. It is Soludo till March 17, 2030 \u2014 or nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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