Politics
ANAMBRA 2017: Perfect plot! Obiano gets nominated as APGA guber candidate
As expected, Governor Willie Obiano on Tuesday emerged All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) gubernatorial candidate in the forthcoming November 18, 2017 poll.
The governor emerged the candidate of the party at its primary held at the Professor Dora Akunyili Women Development Center, Awka.
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Though Obiano ran as the sole aspirant in the primary, 1092 delegates who were at the event nonetheless cast their votes in his favour.
After the votes were counted and announced, the governor secured 1070 ‘yes’ votes as against 11 no votes and 11 invalid votes, while five delegates failed to vote.
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yanju omotodun
August 15, 2017 at 6:16 pm
I see nothing special in this because we all know that definitely, obiano would retain the sole contestant for his party, power of incumbency will work
seyi jelili
August 15, 2017 at 9:49 pm
You are right, even apc neither pdp can ever contest with apga in Anambra state
JOHNSON PETER
August 15, 2017 at 8:54 pm
Deceits of the highest order, no election will hold except otherwise stated by our leader kanu and I know that he won’t chew back his words
seyi jelili
August 15, 2017 at 9:46 pm
Lol. Even kanu knows he can not stop the election ,so no need of deceiving ourselves
Animashaun Ayodeji
August 16, 2017 at 5:54 am
Congratulations to Obiano, I hope his people will vote for him and make him governor.
Anita Kingsley
August 16, 2017 at 6:12 am
These people will vote for Obiano as usual and he’ll fail them this time. Second term isn’t always good for Nigerian politicians, especially those who did well in their first tenure
Abeni Adebisi
August 16, 2017 at 6:18 am
You never can tell whether they will vote for him or not or whether he will fail them or not when he get some votes into power. It is too early to speculate