Race To Replace Senator Ifeanyi Ubah: Emecheta Steps Down For Onunkwo

AWKA – As the race for the replacement of late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah who represented Anambra South Senatorial District intensifies, a major horse trading took place place on Thursday as one of the top contenders, Chief Sir Jude Emecheta stepped down for Chief Ebuka Onunkwo.

Both Emecheta and Onunkwo are on the platform of All Pro­gressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and are from the Ekwusigo local council area.

Emecheta, who is the Na­tional Coordinator of a support group, Anambra Deserves Solu­do (ADS), and former Managing Director of the Anambra State Signage and Advertisement Agency (ANSAA) disclosed this move during a strategy meeting with his supporters.

While stepping down from the senate race, Emecheta called on his teeming supporters to work for the victory of Onunkwo during the primaries of the party.

He said: “Having checked the profiles of all the other APGA as­pirants in the race for the Anam­bra South Senatorial by-election primaries, I found Chief Dr Ebu­ka Onunkwo as the most quali­fied candidate that the party has.

“He is the one who really sym­bolises what our party represents in terms of representative posi­tion. We should present for the senate race our very best, and I think that is what he represents.

“I want to tell you that there are people who are ready to fi­nance my election, so money was not my problem. I just looked at the whole scenario and felt that I am from Ekwusigo, and Ebuka Onunkwo is also from Ekwusigo. Why should we be spending re­sources fighting each other, when indeed we should come together”.