BY ONOMIGUREN AGBAMU, Asaba –
Delta State Chairman for All progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA), Elder Afam Ememokwu has dismissed claims that APGA is an Igbo political party, advising Nigerians to drop that notions from any quarter.
Afam who spoke to journalists on Wednesday at Asaba, Delta state capital, said, APGA is the third-largest political party in Nigeria with visible leaders in many part of the country.
He said the party can boast of presently a distinguished senator by name Eyinnaya Abaribe in the House of Assembly and House of Representatives seats respectively.
He maintained that APGA in Delta state has a versatile gubernatorial candidate for the 2023 election in the person of chief Great Ovedje Ogboru, who he described is a grassroot politician.
Ememokwu explained that the mass followership of Chief Great Ogboru is a great asset to the party and the state owing to the prowess he has made in the political arena of Delta state, just as he urged electorates to identify with the party comes 2023.
Ememokwu however expressed optimism that with the use INEC Voters Enrollment Devices IVED and the use of Bi-modal Voter Verification System, (BIVAS) election rigging and other electoral malpractices would be minimized.
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