Abuja—Emeka Ojukwu, Jnr, son of late Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu yesterday disclosed that his decision to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) was driven by his belief that the South East must occupy its rightful place in the national governance and the political decision making process of the country.
He said this when he was formally received into the APC by the party’s national leadership led by the party’s national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. Odigie-Oyegun was accompanied by the party’s deputy national chairman (South), Engr. Segun Oni; national vice chairman (South-East), Hon. Emma Eneukwu; national auditor, Chief (Dr.) George Moghalu and chief of staff to the APC national chairman, Mr. Edwin Ikhinmwin.
Recall that Ojukwu jnr had earlier made his declaration in Awka at a rally for Tony Nwoye, the APC candidate for the November 18 Anambra governorship election.
Said Ojukwu jnr: “I decided to lead by example. I have been talking about this for a while and I decided it was time to take the step forward. It is a challenge. There are some people that will not be happy about that, but you have to be bold, take a step and let people understand where you are coming from and why you are doing what you are doing.
APC has been seen in our part of the country as the ‘other’ and I believe we are now showing that the APC is a party that can contend equally with any other party in the South East and do just as well. We now know that Igbo people are part of the APC, the APC is part of Igbo and Igbo are valued part of the Nigerian nation.”
