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New twist over APGA crisis as Okorie unveils running-mate, campaign council

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With less than 23 days to the general elections, the crisis rocking the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) took a new twist as a factional presidential candidate, Chekwas Okorie, on Wednesday unveiled his campaign council.

Okorie, who is the founding national chairman of the party had emerged as the party’s presidential candidate at the primary organised by the Edozie Njoku-led National Working Committee.

In December 2022, the Victor Oye faction announced a 1,579-man campaign council led by Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo and his predecessor, Chief Willie Obiano.

Both Oye and Njoku have been laying claims to the leadership of the party.

During Wednesday’s unveiling of his campaign council, Okorie also named a nurse, Hajia Hadiza Muhammad as his running mate and an investigative journalist, Jonathan Elendu as the Director-General of the campaign…
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