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By Lukman Olabiyi
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Sly Ezeokenwa, has said the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, should not expect to enjoy the same level of support that he had in 2023 from the South East region in the 2027 general elections.
He made the disclosure during a media parley with journalists in Lagos.
Ezeokenwa predicted that Obi could face a difficult political contest within his home region in the next presidential race.
According to him, the political dynamics in the South East have evolved since the 2023 elections and the support that the former Anambra State governor enjoyed at the time might not automatically be replicated in 2027.
He particularly noted that Obi might encounter a stiff challenge even in his home state of Anambra, stressing that political loyalty within the state had historically remained aligned with APGA using the last gubernatorial election as a case study.
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Ezeokenwa maintained that APGA remains deeply rooted in Anambra and across parts of the South East. He added that the party would continue to strengthen its structures and political influence in the region ahead of future elections.
On the relationship between All Progressives Congress (APC) and APGA regarding the 2027 presidential poll and fate of the former governor of the state, Obi, he said his party – APGA, is unapologetically aligned with the party at the centre, which is APC.
“It is a policy that was crafted not by the present National Working Committee of APGA. The policy came into existence in 2011 when Peter Obi was the governor of Anambra State; that was the first time APGA did not nominate a presidential candidate.
“Then, APGA adopted the party at the centre and its candidate, who was President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011, repeated it in 2015. In 2019 and 2023, the leaders of the party at that time backtracked. So, for us now, we have decided to go back to that policy and our decision to go back to that policy is on principle.
“Most people don’t know the ideology of their political party. We’ve looked at the APC ideology; we looked at the manifesto of Mr President and we believe that his Renewed Hope Agenda aligns with the core progressive of APGA.”
