Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, the Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor of Delta State, has stated that his party will win in Anambra State in the 2023 election.
Despite the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, which also has a presidential candidate, and the Labour Party, LP, whose candidate, Mr Peter Obi, is from the state, Okowa believes the PDP will win the state.
Okowa, Atiku Abubakar’s running mate, was represented in Onitsha for the 20th Ofala festival of the ancient Kingdom’s traditional ruler, Obi Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, by the leader of the Presidential campaign council in Anambra State, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, chairman of United Nigeria Airline.
“The PDP is fully prepared for the campaign,”
Okonkwo said to journalists while representing Okowa. You might want to look into Anambra, which has always been the home of the PDP. We have won landslides in all presidential elections in the past, and we have almost always won a majority in national assembly elections, and I do not expect this to change.
“The campaign committee is coming up to Anambra, and we will campaign in every corner of Anambra State, starting from every voter, every polling booth, every ward and every local government.
“I have no doubt that at the end of the day, Anambra people will know that we need to be reconnected to Abuja, and the only wire that will give us that connection to the political grid is PDP.”
When asked about the All Progressives Grand Alliance’s (APGA) dominance in Anambra State, Okonkwo described APGA as a friend of the PDP.
“APGA had controlled the state in past times when PDP had won 95 percent of the votes in the state, both in the presidential and national assembly election in Anambra State. I think it is going to be the same.
“Anambra people have always voted for the PDP at all times, and I wonder why you feel this time will be different. We are confident that we will win Anambra at the end of the day.”
He praised the traditional ruler of the Onitsha kingdom, Obi Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, for organizing a colorful Ofala cultural festival, and urged other monarchs and communities to participate in promoting African culture.