2027: APC’s victory in Anambra will be like David versus Goliath — Senator Ekwunife

Chairman of the South-East Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) and APC candidate for Anambra Central Senatorial District in the 2027 general elections, Senator Uche Lilian Ekwunife, has said the party’s victory in Anambra State will be likened to the biblical David’s triumph over Goliath.

Ekwunife said the APC would work hard to ensure that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu wins his re-election bid, alongside other candidates of the party across the three senatorial districts of the state.

She spoke on Friday during a meeting with ward and local government leaders, women, youths and other support group leaders from Anambra Central Senatorial District in Awka.

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Ekwunife urged party members to return to their various wards and local government areas to mobilise, sensitise and campaign at the grassroots ahead of the 2027 elections.

She said APC members could not afford to sit back and allow other political parties to defeat the ruling party, adding that President Tinubu had, in her view, performed well through infrastructure and human capital development programmes, youth empowerment initiatives and reforms.

“We are going into the 2027 general elections to win and ensure there is credible exercise. But there are two key things we just do; hard work and prayers. We must work hard and pray for the victory. We have a President who is doing well in Nigeria,” she said.

“The APC is one; the journey has started and we must put in our best. This is a party that has 31 governors, more senators and has done major projects at the grassroots and why can’t it win in an election?”

Ekwunife said the party would intensify its grassroots mobilisation ahead of the election.

“We will not sit down here and allow other parties to intimidate us. We are going to go from house to house, ward to ward, local government to local government, man to man, woman to woman, market to market, and to make sure we win; our victory will be like that of David against Goliath,” she stated.

The South-East PCC chairman also urged party members to put aside their differences and unite towards securing victory for all APC candidates at the polls.

She disclosed that the registration of new members was ongoing, adding that the party had opened its registration portal to accommodate more Nigerians.

Ekwunife, however, cautioned individuals working against the interests of the APC in Anambra State to desist, saying the party was determined to strengthen its position in the state and across the country.

The meeting, which attracted a large number of APC members from the seven local government areas in Anambra Central Senatorial District, also featured expressions of support from party leaders and members for Ekwunife’s bid to return to the Senate in 2027.