2027: Imo PDP inaugurates Ohaji/Egbema campaign council

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Imo State, has inaugurated its campaign council for Ohaji-Egbema local government area with a vow to push APC out of power in the area.

Inaugurating the campaign council, the PDP Ohaji/Egbema/federal constituency apex leader, Barr. Golden Nwosu, reminded the members of the campaign council that the race for 2027 senatorial, House of Assembly, and Federal House has started

He charged the members to comport themselves very well and work in line with ethics of the party while carrying out their door-to-door, house-to-house campaign.

Nwosu described all the PDP candidates in Ohaji/Egbema federal and state constituency, such as Hon. Jones Onyereri senatorial candidate, Hon. John Nwulu, State House of Assembly Ohaji/Egbema candidate and Hon. Joseph Ikunna, Federal House of Representatives as the best and most qualified amongst other candidates from other political candidates in the area.

He advised PDP members and the entire people of Ohaji/Egbema constituency to vote for their candidates across board.

He said: “If you fail to vote for Hon. Joseph Ikunna Ikunna, nobody from Ohaji/Egbema will be elected as member of Federal House of Representatives for next 16 years.”

Nwosu advised the people to vote for PDP candidates that are accessible.

He said: “We have tried APC from 2020 till now, yet no commissioner from Ohaji/Egbema, no ISOPADEC project in Ohaji/Egbema. We are gas-producing area, yet there is no development in the area.”

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While reminding them that there is need to change the narrative, he warned that the members of campaign council that any one found playing anti party activities will be dropped.

He assured that nobody will write the 2027 election results, insisting that anybody that does it will not get away with it provided people are prepared to cast their votes and protect it till results are declared.

He said: “We have to kick APC out of Ohaji/Egbema, Orlu Zone and the state. Today many families are hungry, a bag of rice has risen to N70,000 while a litre of fuel has also skyrocketed in the country and nobody can afford to buy fuel or feed because of poverty in the.land”.

Also speaking at the inauguration, the PDP chairman of Ohaji/Egbema LGA, Hon. Emeka Alihie, called for all to work together to actualise victory in the end.

He advised the members of campaign council to be tolerant and accommodating and, above all, to be ready to showcase the good work of the.party to the people. 

While the PDP Orlu Zonal Vice Chairman. Hon. Carl Nwokoma, appealed to them not to allow distractions to deceive them but to remain focused to avoid failing.

He reminded them that the leadership of the party took their time to pick members of the council that would execute the job to ensure victory.

He said: “There is need to sell marketable candidate, the leadership of the party has done what they are supposed to do; it’s left for the members to sell their candidates.”

The PDP House of Assembly candidate, John Nwulu, in his remarks, advised the campaign council to be ready at all times to sell their candidates to the world in order to have change

He said: “We have tried APC and they have failed us.”

He advised the coordinators at the grassroots levels to work and resist every peanut from other contestants or political parties.

High points of the event were the inauguration of the Ohaji/Egbema Campaign Council with Chief Okwudiri Nwagiriga as the Chairman of the Campaign Council and Hon. Emeka Ujara as the Director General of the Campaign Council.