The former Commissioner of Finance, Abia State, Obinna Oriaku has officially joined the gubernatorial race for the 2023 general election under the aegis of the All Progressive Congress.
Oriaku, who served as a Commissioner for Finance from 2015 to 2019 made his position known through his official social media page on Sunday.
He stated that the issues in many State chapters of APC and the leadership crisis in the political party have been resolved while he revealed that the plan will be to reach out and involve many people to harmonize and work better together.
Read his declaration post below;
My formal declaration of interest to context Abia Governorship under APC.
Dear supporters, I first have to thank all for your steadfastness in mist of not too settled political situation in our party.
We have gone for the convention at Abuja which I served as a sub committee member on budget . The convention which was successful afforded us opportunity to resolve our leadership crisis which almost imploded the party.
We are very sure that issues concerning many state chapters of APC will also be resolved soonest. As a contestant for Governorship position, our focus is to reach out to every body irrespective of position or political leaning and that was successfully done while at Abuja.
I had extensive meetings with our members and the the meetings yielded the desired results. These meetings were towards having a United APC in Abia State.
My meetings with them provided opportunity for harmonisation of views and plan on how to confront PDP in Abia State. I also used the opportunity to reach out to many of the newly inaugurated NWC members of our party at the national and zonal level .
Having done all the above, the stage is now set for the formal declaration of my interest for the Governorship position of Abia State under the APC.
This event will be a strategic one as few but important personalities will be invited. It is not a rally and the date will soon be communicated but this will be on or before Easter.
Kindly keep a date with us as strategic partner in this project.
Everyday, Abia situation and problems in PDP reinforces our belief that a new Abia is possible.
Thank you and God bless you all
Hon Obinna Eze Oriaku
(EKWEDIKE )
