Umeh’s Claim Of Victory In The East Laughable – Col. Akobundu (rtd)

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The National Vice Chairman, South East zone of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Col Austin Akobundu (rtd), has declared that the party is now organized more than ever to win all contestable seats in the five South East states in the 2015 polls as it has so far laid adequate political structures on ground to achieve that feat.

Akobundu, therefore, dismissed as laughable the statement by the national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh, that his party (APGA) will win the remaining four South East states in 2015 polls.

In a statement made available to journalists on Tuesday, Akobundu also punctured the claim by Umeh and some elements in the party that APGA is an Igbo party and wondered how a purported Igbo party should only be controlling one state out of five South East states.

“APGA only exists in the shadow; it does not have the political spine required by any serious political party, even in Anambra State, where it controls the government”. He reminded Umeh and his co-travelers that PDP will not repeat the mistakes of the past which saw some of the mushroom parties like APGA and APC (All Progressives Congress) winning the governorship stool in some states in the zone, stressing that before 2003, PDP was in control of the five South East government houses and virtually all seats in the zone.

“The PDP under my watch has closed all ranks and has corrected the mistakes of the past. We have gone ahead to reconcile all our aggrieved members in the zone, a feat that has positioned us as indivisible component ready to win all the elections. Those issues that put us asunder had been laid to rest.

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