Nwagwu Emerges APGA Candidate For Aba North/South Fed Constituency By-election

Destiny Akaraka Nwagwu has emerged the candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, (APGA) for the March 27,2021 by election into the Aba North /Aba South federal constituency seat in the House of Representatives.

The seat became vacant following the death of the former member representing the constituency, Hon. Ossy Prestige, who was serving his second term on the platform of APGA.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had declared March 27, 2021, as the date for the by –election which will hold in the 24 wards of the federal constituency.

Chairman of the APGA electoral committee, Engr. Nwadiogbu Nnamdi disclosed that Nwagwu polled 616 votes while his main challenger, Hon. Obinna Ichita , got 16 votes

However, Ichita, in a post made on his verified facebook page, withdrew few hours to the primaries. Sources said he failed to communicate the decision to the APGA leadership

State Chairman of APGA, Rev. Augustine Ehiemere, commended the National working committee of the party led by Chief Victor Oye, for ensuring a transparent, free and fair process, stressing that the era of imposition is gone in the party.

“I commend the national leadership of the party for ensuring a transparent, free and fair process. Our candidate emerged through a democratic process. The era of imposition of candidates is gone in APGA, thanks to the national working committee led by Chief Victor Oye.”

In his acceptance speech, Nwagwu expressed gratitude to the party for electing him, assuring that he will serve the people dutifully if elected

He also pledged to accommodate other aspirants in the interest of the party.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed March 27, 2021, for the conduct of the by-election to fill the vacant seat for Aba North/South Federal Constituency of Abia State.

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National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, who disclosed this, yesterday, said the election was due to the vacancy that arose as a result of the death of Ossy Prestige, a member representing Aba North/South Federal Constituency of the state in the House of Representatives.

He said the official notification for the election would be published on Monday, March 1, 2021, while political parties shall conduct their primaries between March 4 and 10, 2021 while the last day for submission of the list of nominated candidates is March 16, 2021, at 6:00 p.m.

Okoye directed political parties to submit the names of their polling agents for election to the electoral officers of the respective local councils on or before March 19, 2021, and campaigns by political parties shall stop on March 25, 2021.

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He said the access code for the nomination forms would be available for collection from March 10, 2021, at the commission’s headquarters.

Okoye urged political parties fielding candidates for the by-election to pay close attention to the timetable and schedule of activities for the bye-election as well as to conduct transparent and valid party primaries in line with the dictates of Section 87 of the Electoral Act 2010 as amended.