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Prof. Peter Umeadi who is the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has said that the party has got the national spread to win the 2023 presidential election.
Speaking to reporters, the presidential candidate stated that all political parties at a grassroots base and the fact that the party started from the South East doesn’t mean that it is a regional party
He said, ‘The truth is that politics is local and every party has its strength somewhere and this issue of the regional aspect of APGA is being over flogged and it has continued to say something which has been overtaken as in the case of APGA.’
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‘At the flag off of my presidential campaign there was a symbolic effect about the spread of APGA when I was called up to the podium everyone would see that there were 37 flags bearing the portrait of the presidential candidate and the vice presidential candidate and also bearing the names of the 36 states across the country and the FCT.’
He added, ‘Those 37 flags were borne by the chairmen of APGA in those states, and physically they were here. It also talks to the structure of APGA and we shouldn’t shy away from that, so it tells you that A{PGA has a presence in all parts of Nigeria.
‘It tells you the strength of APGA which trickles down to the polling units and this is our strength. We are hoping on the message passed on at the flag-off. All of them are going home with their flags which will be in their secretariat when they get home.’
Umeadi added, ‘The feeling of having come to Awka to flag off will follow and spur them to work for APGA to win votes in February will gain momentum. APGA is a national party which started here with chief Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu in 2003 when he ran for president and in 2007 when he ran for president and of course he ran for the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
‘APGA is positioned to benefit from the widespread support that it has all over the country and that will bring about a good showing in the election in February. I can assure you that we will be the party to beat in the forthcoming election,’ Umeadi said.
The Eastern Updates reports that APGA currently has one sitting Governor in Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo.
