2023: Peter Umeadi emerges APGA Presidential Candidate

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Peter Umeadi, a former chief judge of Anambra state, has been elected as the presidential candidate of the All-Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

He was declared the winner of the primary election, held on Wednesday. He was unopposed as 150 delegates affirmed his candidacy at the party’s special convention in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.

In his acceptance speech, the former chief judge asked Nigerians to respect the ballot and promised to secure votes at the polls that would transform the county.

He retired as chief judge on March 1, 2019, and then joined the party in his ward in the Anaocha area of Anambra State.

In April, while canvassing for the ticket of APGA, Umeadi described himself as the best candidate to win the 2023 presidential election for the party.

Umeadi, who said it was time for a south-easterner to be elected president, noted that he could reposition Nigeria in four years.

“It is impossible for us to achieve economic, educational, scientific, sporting, or sufficiency breakthroughs when we are hungry, insecure, and unstable. 

“wanton killings traumatise Nigerians daily.

“We know that insecurity, among other fallout, has driven our people away from the farms, creating an artificial scarcity of food and earning power.

“Therefore, Nigeria requires change which only good leadership can provide.

“We need to change the way we think so we can change the way we do things. If I get the ticket to APGA, we stand a good chance of winning the presidential election in 2023,” he affirmed.

Umeadi said he would lead the country with “firmness and fairness’ if he became president.

Above all, while seeking the blessing of the party leaders, he reaffirmed that only good leadership could bring about positive change in Nigeria.

Cable/Suzan O.