APGA dedicates victory to Ojukwu.

The All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, has said it was dedicating the victory of its candidate in Anambra governorship poll, Dr. Willie Obiano, to the late leader of the party, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.

This came as jubilant youths and women took to the streets and community squares in Anambra State Sunday, following the declaration of Chief Willie Obiano, the candidate of APGA as the winner of the governorship election in the state.

The party also announced the adoption of President Goodluck Jonathan as its Presidential candidate for 2015 apparently in appreciation of his support for the party in the governorship contest.

Leaders of the party, including the National Chairman, Chief Victor Umeh, Governor Peter Obi and the Governor-elect, Dr. Willie Obiano made these known while briefing newsmen, at the Governor’s Lodge, Awka, where they expressed gratitude to the people of the state for renewing the party’s tenure in the state.

Governor Obi who expressed gratitude to President Jonathan for his tremendous support to the state, which made the governorship election very successful said that APGA  would reciprocate the gesture
by adopting him as the party’s presidential candidate in 2015 election.  He said the party would not field any candidate in the presidential election.

Umeh, who spoke on behalf of the party, said the APGA family was very grateful to God for the “historic victory” which he attributed to the good works the Governor Obi-led APGA government had done in the state since the past eight years.

He said: “On behalf of APGA, I want to say we are very grateful to God for this historic victory which our party recorded after a fierce but very easy battle for the party going by the result of this election.

“We dedicate this victory to the evergreen memory of our late leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, whose vision and legacy have been sustained by this emphatic victory by APGA in this election.  The light which our late leader put on while he was alive is now shinning gloriously with this victory”