BY UKAZ DAVE / ABAKALIKI
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Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ebonyi State, Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha, has boasted that his party will rule the state for another 16 years, dismissing the speculation that there will be a rerun in the governorship position in the state.
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Chief Emegha, however, said that there would be only a rerun in the southern senatorial zone of the state to elect a new Senator that would replace the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi.”
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Stating this in Abakaliki at the weekend while reacting to the rumour making the rounds in some quarters in the state that there will likely be a rerun for the governorship position, Chief Emegha said, “there will only be a rerun in Ebonyi South Zone and not for the governorship seat as being speculated.”
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According to him, the party would go all out to win the Ebonyi South Senatorial rerun as according to him, no seat won by the party will be allowed to be won by another party under his leadership.
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He further said that the party would produce a candidate that would be acceptable by the party and the electorate so as to retain the Ebonyi South senatorial seat.
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“While I was in UK, there were lots of calls coming into my Whatsapp and direct line that there were jubilations by PDP, that it was just a matter of time, they will takeover governorship position or that there will be a rerun for governorship.
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His words:
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“Yes, there will be a rerun only in Ebonyi South for senatorial position base on the fact that the Senator there and former governor of the state resigned his position as the Senator and accepted the ministerial position he was offered by President Bola Tinubu.
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“Election is going to come up in Ebonyi South. We are waiting for INEC declaration and then we will do the needful and my party will file a candidate that by all standard that will win that seat for us because that seat belongs to APC, that position belongs to APC.
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“There is no any seat that has been won by the APC that I as the party Chairman will allow to go to opposition. The party will file a credible candidate that will win that seat for us. You use a popular candidate that is acceptable by the people to win an election and that is what we will do in the rerun for Ebonyi South”
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“I call on the governorship candidate of PDP in the last general election in the state, Chief Ifeanyi Odii to concentrate on business he said he is doing well and remove his eyes from governing the state now until after 16 years.
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“Our brother called Anyichuks is a novice in politics and a good businessman. He would have concentrated in his business where he is doing well and wait when he will be called by God to govern the state.
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“ Power belongs to God and that time has not come and the people milking him are people that saw him as an avenue to get their daily bread and they can tell him anything they want to tell him.
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“Our brother should go back to his business and wait for the next 16 years. If he is still fit to run for the governorship of this state, he should come. But for now, the God of Ebonyi has spoke and it is final. He should therefore concentrate on his business.”
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