Enyinnaya Nwafor, a son of former Abia State Deputy Governor, Dr. Chima Nwafor, was yesterday unveiled as the governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) for the 2023 general elections.
He was presented to party members alongside his running mate, Dr. Chima Anyaso, by YPP national chairman, Bishop Amakiri, at the Ngwa High School Playground in Osisioma Local Government Area (LGA).
Nwafor, whose mother was a former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Commissioner Dame Nne Nwafor, is from Osisioma Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, while Anyaso is a former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The Nation reports that the guber candidate, an engineer, is one of the aggrieved PDP gubernatorial aspirants that withdrew from the PDP gubernatorial primary held in Umuahia.
Others include Abia Deputy Governor, Ude Oko Chukwu and Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe among others that alleged the hijack of the three-man delegate list by the state government.
Nwafor promised massive infrastructural development, wealth creation and among others, stating that he had come to wipe away the tears of Abians.
At the event, the Chairman of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s Obingwa Local Government Area (LGA), Ibe Nwoke joined the YPP alongside some aides of the governor and other PDP officials of Ngwa extraction, including a pioneer PDP Chieftain, Chukwu Wachukwu.
Nwoke clinched the Obingwa/Ugwunagbo/Osisioma Federal Constituency ticket of the YPP for 2023, while Wachukwu picked the Abia Central Senatorial Seat ticket.