Abia APC suspends guber candidate, Ikechi Emenike, Ononogbu over alleged funds misappropriation
The All Progressives Congress in Abia State has announced the suspension of its candidate for the recently held governorship election, Ikechi Emenike, due to the alleged misappropriation of 2023 election funds.
The state’s gubernatorial aspirant was suspended alongside Mr. Kingsley Ononogbu, the factional chairman of the APC in Abia, for misappropriating funds.
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The party’s State Publicity Secretary, Offor Okorie, signed and issued a press statement on Wednesday in Umuahia announcing the suspension of the party leader.
The Party leadership implied that Emenike and Ononogbu conspired with the outgoing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government in Abia to thwart the efforts of devoted party members to deliver the state to the progressive party in the recently concluded general elections.
The Abia APC noted that the pair’s undemocratic and immoral behaviour contributed to the party’s poor performance and abject failure in the recently concluded elections held in the state.
The statement read, “The Party hereby refutes the alleged suspension of party leaders by the Dr. Kingsley Ononogbu-led factional executive committee on the orders of Ikechi Emenike; it is the statement of a drowning man.”
Recall that Alex Otti, a former bank executive and the Labour Party (LP) candidate for governor in Abia State, emerged as the newly-elected governor of the state and winner of the March 18, 2023, gubernatorial election.
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He received 175 467 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who received 88,529 votes to finish in second place.
Enyinnaya Nwafor, the candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), received 28,972 votes, while Mr. Ikechi Emenike, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), received 24,091 votes to finish in third place.
Ikechi Emenike, the All Progressives Congress candidate for Abia State, has criticised the recently held governorship and House of Assembly elections in Abia State.
He claimed that the recently concluded electoral process conducted by the nation’s electoral commission was marred by the mutilation and falsification of election results, as well as the harassment of party agents and eligible voters at various polling centres and polling units.
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