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  • Emenike mourns Aba accident victims 

    Emenike mourns Aba accident victims 

    The 2023 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State, High Chief Ikechi Emenike, has said efforts must be made to minimise avoidable deaths in the state.

    He was reacting to the accident that occurred at Ogbor Hill area of Aba on Tuesday, which resulted in the loss of four lives, while 11 people were injured.

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    Emenike, who lamented the accident, advised the state government to ensure that citizens’ lives were no longer endangered by careless drivers.

    The Abia APC leader recalled that Ogbor Hill Waterside area had been recording accidents over the years, noting that the latest fatalities could have been averted if a lasting solution had been put in place.

  • Emenike to Abia APC members: don’t go to court yet

    Emenike to Abia APC members: don’t go to court yet

    The leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State, High Chief Ikechi Emenike, has restrained local government chairmen and state working committee of the party from taking legal action to challenge the alleged impunity displayed by the national leadership of the party in filling vacancies in the National Working Committee (NWC).

    He gave the advice at the weekend following the anger generated by the imposition and nocturnal inauguration of the controversially-appointed new NWC members.

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    The NWC had in the midnight of last Friday inaugurated the newly-appointed members despite rejection and protest from Abia, Kogi and Cross River states.

    But amid the rising anger from stakeholders, Emenike told the Abia APC state and local government executives not to go to court yet, as there were moves to explore peaceful means to reverse the imposition of Donatus Nwankpa as the National Welfare Secretary.    

    The party executives at the state and local government levels had visited the 2023 Abia APC governorship candidate at his Umukabia Okpuala country home in Umuahia North Local Government to express their dismay about the impunity by the NWC.

    Led by the state Deputy Chairman, Grant Nwogu; state Secretary, Chidi Avaja and Chief Ejiofor Okeudo, the chairman of all chairmen of APC local governments in Abia State, the party stakeholders threatened to seek legal redress in the face of impunity and disregard to party constitution displayed by the NWC.

  • I promise you goals, Emenike tells A-League clubs

    Nigeria international Emmanuel Emenike has declared himself the answer to the woes of goal-shy A-League clubs, offering his services on a performance-based deal should he go over to Australia during the January transfer window.

    The top scorer at the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013, as the Super Eagles soared to glory, the 31-year-old striker parted company with Greek heavyweights Olympiacos in June, and is promising the likes of Sydney FC, Wellington Phoenix, Brisbane Roar or even Melbourne City a hat-full of goals if they decide to take a punt on him.

    Whilst he has been active off the pitch in recent months with his marriage to Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2014, Iheoma Nnadi, Emenike is desperate to re-activate his on-field career after recovering from a knee injury which blighted an underwhelming loan spell at Las Palmas.

    Valued at $28 million four years ago, he scored in the UEFA Champions League for Olympiacos last season but failed to fire in five league outings.

    Engin Durmus, the Sydney-based agent with the mandate to bring the ex-West Ham, Fenerbahce and Spartak Moscow man to Australia, said the striker is confident of “tearing it up” in the A-League.

    “He’s supremely confident and says he’s fit and raring to go again,” said Durmus. “He’s guaranteeing goals. He is looking for a new challenge and at 31 clearly has a lot of football left in him. Whether we get to see that in Australia I don’t know, but the desire is there and so is the quality. “

  • Ogah loses out as Abuja High Court declares Emenike Abia APC gov candidate

    High Court sitting in Abuja, has declared that Chief Ikechi Emenike is the authentic governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State for the forthcoming governorship election.

    The court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognize Chief Emenike as the gubernatorial candidate of the APC in Abia State for the 2019 general elections.

    The court further ordered INEC to only recognize and accept all other candidates that emerged from the Dr. Emmanuel Ndukwe led executive of the Abia State APC who emerged during the congress.

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    The court presided by Justice K. N. Ogbonnaya also struck out a motion filed by Uche Ogah to be joined in the suit. In her judgment, Justice Ogbonnaya granted the reliefs sought by the plaintiff, Ikechi Emenike to declare him the Abia APC governorship for the 2019 general election.

    Emenike in the suit sought for the following reliefs from the FCT high court, to declare and reaffirm the leadership of Dr. Emmanuel Ndukwe as the authentic one in Abia state as ordered by Justice Collington Okoroafor.

    A declaration that the 1st defendant (APC) has no discretion to refuse, reject and/or neglect to act on the list of candidates forwarded to it for onward transmission to the 2nd defendant (INEC).

  • Abia 2019: Emenike picks running mate

    Abia State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate Chief Ikechi Emenike has picked Dr Tom Otuka, a Russia-trained medical doctor from Ndoki in Ukwa East council area, as his running mate.

    Emenike announced this in Umuahia during a meeting of the members of the party which included aspirants for various elective positions in the state, saying that his choice of Otuka is based on his desire to run an all-inclusiveness government.

    The economist said the people of Ukwa have been neglected in the current political dispensation, adding that from 1999, that the people of Ngwa have been producing the deputy governor.

    Emenike said: “I think that this time an Ukwa person should be considered as they are members of the state as well.

    “The choice of Otuka is mainly on merit as he is not just a highly qualified medical practitioner with over 40 years experience but he also has a deep knowledge of Ukwa-Ngwa in particulars and Abia in general.

    “He comes with a verifiable credentials, have over seven hospitals which he has been managing effectively both in Port Harcourt and his Ndoki community in Ukwa East council area, he is also a firm believer of the President Mohammadu Buhari’s candidacy”.

    On the question that he has picked a relatively unknown person, Emenike said: “Yes he may not be known politically to you but he has been in politics for a long time, however it takes a day for a person to be known politically.

    “However it should be known that Dr. Otuka is a grassroots politician, he has hospitals in Port Harcourt, Ndoki his community including a resort centre which goes a long way to show that he is solid in his area.”

    Otuka thanked Emenike for reposing such implicit confidence in him and promised him, the party members and Abians in general that he will not betray their trust on him.

    Otuka said the misrule of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led government in the state has made the people to reject them.

    ”This in turn has made it easier for the APC to take over the state in the coming election” he said.

  • Abia has rejected PDP, says Emenike

    The governorship aspirant of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State, Chief Ikechi Emenike, has said the people have rejected the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

    Emenike said the rejection of the ruling party started during the last elections in 2015.

    He noted that the issue of protest vote in the state will no longer arise as the people  are willing to vote for APC, a party that will change the fortunes of the state.

    Speaking at Ohafia and Nkporo during his tour of Ohafia council, Emenike said for 20 years the people have tested and found PDP wanting.

    He called on the people of Ohafia to be vigilant and ensure their votes are protected, stressing that the era of vote stealing is over.

    The Abia APC governorship aspirant said: “The era of vote stealing is over in this state, APC will not rig election and will also not allow PDP to rig election in the state, be rest assured that your votes must count this time.”

    Emenike told the people  that he was going to establish a university in their area.

    “A community like Ohafia with their high turn out of academia deserves a university which will cater for the youths in the area of education and adults in the area of job opportunities”.

    He regretted that the only institution of note in the area is the army barracks.

    “However with the building of a university in this place the story line will definitely change for the youths, adults and all strata of the community”.

    The renowned economist said: “There are many things inside a university, which will not only give the youths the opportunity to study, they will also get employments as most of those to be employed will be mainly from Ohafia among other benefits”.

    At Nkporo, Emenike said it was a pity that after producing so many politicians of note the community do not have accessible road as he had to travel on not only bad but dangerous roads to get to the place.

    He assured them that an APC government in Abia will, within the first six months, ensure that the bad road landscape of Nkporo will be a thing of the past and that their illustrious son, the late Chief Kalu Onyioha (KOK), will be immortalised.

    The Abia APC leader told youths of Nkporo, including Emenike daughters, Emenike teenagers and stakeholders that they should convince their people to vote for APC.

  • Emenike vows to work for Abia people

    A frontline All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant, Chief Ikechi Emenike, has announced his intention to turn Abia into a first-class state, if the people give him the opportunity to actualise his dream.

    Speaking to reporters in Abuja after submitting his expression of interest and nomination forms at the APC Secretariat, he said his vision for Abia, which is anchored on an unshakable belief and trust in God, was to build a state where critical infrastructure and welfare will take centre stage.

    Emenike, who described the APC as a strong and formidable platform on which to pursue his aspiration, said the fear of the party was the reason the opposition resorted to electoral manipulation. But he said he was confident the people will resist attempts to subvert their will in 2019.

    Responding to a question on his party’s mode of primary, he said he preferred indirect primaries since there was no comprehensive and credible membership register.

    He, however, noted that as a loyal party man, he will be guided by the decision of stakeholders on the matter.

    After the brief ceremony featuring submission of completed forms to APC’s Director of Organisation Alhaji Abubakar Kari, Emenike came downstairs to a tumultuous reception by gaily dressed supporters and admirers from Abia and other parts of the country.

  • Emenike ‘ready for Abia Govt House’

    A frontline governorship aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Ikechi Emenike, has said he will transform Abia State and provide a new lease of life for the people.

    He spoke in Abuja with reporters after collecting nomination forms to vie for the governorship of Abia State.

    Emenike noted that Abia’s seemingly intractable problems requires a new approach, and that unless fresh and tested solutions are applied, development will be a mirage.

    He hailed the visionary leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari and stated his readiness to complement his achievements by  changing the Abia story.

    Earlier, APC’s Director of Organisation, Alhaji Abubakar Kari, who issued the forms to Emenike, praised him for the bold step, and hoped his appearance will change the narrative for good in Abia.

    In pursuance of his aspiration, Emenike has been on a state-wide stakeholders sensitisation aimed at preparing the people ahead of his public declaration.

     

  • APC govt will fight corruption in Abia, says Emenike 

    The chieftain of the Abia State All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Ikechi Emenike, has assured the people of the state that President Mohammadu Buhari’s war against corruption will be replicated in the state by an APC government.

    Emenike said that come May 29th 2019 that an APC government in Abia will commence the war against corruption where all routes through which the finances of the state government find its way into individual pockets will be blocked.

    Speaking at Umudike in Ikwuano local government area of the state as part of his sensitization tour of the state on the need for the people to know the benefits of supporting APC, Emenike said  corruption is the bane of the country.

    Emenike said that once corruption is brought to an end in the state that the issue of even development all parts of the state will be a thing of the past, stressing that the money that will be saved from the war against corruption will be enough to move the state forward.

    The Abia APC leader noted that most of the people who are fighting him are doing so because of the fear of his asking them to return all the state money they have stolen, “They know that I stand for the truth and nothing will stop APC government from retrieving the stolen money from”.

    He said, “Those who are afraid of APC government from being installed in the state are doing so because they know what they stand to return to the coffers of the state government once a new government that will fight corruption comes on board”.

    Emenike regretted the situation the state has found itself since creation, saying, “Abia state has the required capacity to be at the same level with Lagos state in all ramifications if not for corruption at the highest places in the state”.

    The APC leader in Abia state maintained that the incoming government of APC will not run a government that will take the state backward through criticism, rather it will be a government of positive change for the good of the state and its people.

    He said, “We are going to run a government that will be credible, creative, smooth, disciplined and corruption free which will lead the state and its people through a viable route to success and rapid development”.

    Emenike said that an APC government in Abia state will be one that will always work in tandem with the federal government to bring the desired change which the state and its people have been yearning for ages.

  • Buhari will rid Nigeria of corruption, says Emenike

    A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State, Chief Ikechi Emenike, has assured Nigerians that the country will be free from corruption at the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term in office.

    Emenike noted that corruption is the biggest problem impeding our growth, adding that when we eventually kill corruption, there will be development in all sectors.

    Speaking at Item in Bende Local Government Area as part of his sensitisation of the electorate, Emenike said if corruption was not killed, it would kill the country.

    Emenike said: “If we are to progress as a country, we should join hands with our dear President to fight and kill corruption before it kills us.”

    The Abia APC leader said: “History was made in the country during the last election; for the first time in the country an opposition party defeated a ruling party, and it was possible because the people were tired of corruption.

    “Let me tell you one fact that you need to know, whether they like it or not, Buhari will win the forthcoming election, as there is no vacancy in Aso Rock Villa. Buhari is not leaving till the end of his second tenure.”

    Emenike urged the people to be prepared to return Buhari back in 2019 and vote the APC government so that capital flight will be a thing of the past.

    The Abia APC chieftain noted that the people can only get the type of government they want and that it can only come through voting in the right candidates.

    “The change we all yearn for must come from us through our votes”.

    He told the Bende people that his tour of the 17 councils afforded him the opportunity to see the state of infrastructure.

    “The quality of roads in the state is unthinkable, but I assure you that if APC governments comes, such roads will be a thing of the past”.

    Chairman of APC Dr Emma Ndukwe noted that God is about to bring change to Abia State through Emenike, who is not just godfearing, “but a man who has not soiled his hands in corruption, blood letting and theft of public funds.’’