The Peoples Democratic Party PDP is set to flag off the Atiku-Okowa Campaign in Anambra State for the 2023 general elections.
In a press conference in Awka, on Wednesday, December 14, the coordinator of the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council in Anambra state, Chief Obiora Okonkwo, stated Atiku’s itinerary during his stay the in the state capital,
“Upon arrival in Awka by 10 am on Thursday, the presidential flag bearer and his team will pay a visit to Governor Chukwuma Soludo at the government house, Awka. Immediately after the parley with the governor, Atiku and his team will further have an interactive session with traditional rulers, led by the chairman, of South East Traditional Rulers Council, and traditional ruler of Onitsha, Obi Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, at the same government house in Awka”, he stated.
Chief Okonkwo said that the PDP flag bearer will further commission the presidential campaign office at the Kwata Junction in Awka, from where he will proceed to Senator Uche Ekwunife Event Center for an interactive session with stakeholders from across the state; adding that the visit would be wrapped up with the campaign flag-off at the Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka.
Atiku/Okowa campaign management committee in the southeast flanked by other members of the party’s campaign council in the state; Chief Dan Ulasi, Senator Uche Ekwunife, and others give reasons why PDP will win Anambra State.
“The presidential campaign flag-off in Awka on Thursday will prove that Anambra State has been a PDP state, and will continue to be so,” it stated.
According to the Campaign Coordinator, “PDP is Anambra state, and Anambra is PDP. The party has been winning in Anambra State in every presidential election. I believe that 2023 will not be an exception. “PDP favours the Southeast more than any other region. This is because 95% of Southeast members in the national assembly are there on the PDP platform, and it has been so since 1999.” He further said that it would be dangerous for the southeast to look away from PDP in the 2023 general election for any reason whatsoever,” he reiterated.
He also used the forum to clarify that the party has constituted a team to manage and resolve the ongoing rift involving the G-5 governors and the party, and expressed optimism that the impasse would be put to rest very soon.
Dominica Nwabufo
