By Chesa Chesa
National chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, says the party is ready to deploy same strategy used to win last Saturday’s Edo State governorship election to capture Anambra Sate from the opposition All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in 2026.
Before then, the Ondo State governorship election slated for November 16 this year, would be won same way, said Ganduje on Monday at the APC national secretariat in Abuja, while celebrating the victory of Monday Okpebholo in the Edo guber poll with members of the Edo State election situation room.
Ganduje said a big party like the APC ought to be fully in charge of the South East geo-political zone, hence the party is determined to “de-marginalize” the zone politically.
The APC leader therefore, urged party leaders at all levels to work hard towards actualising the party’s objectives.
“We have started working to develop strategies to win these states. Next year, Anambra State will follow. Let me remind you that we have a project which we named political demarginalisation of South East geo-political zone.
“That project is also a task that must be done. We will face South East zone with five states. We already have two, but two is too small for a big party like ours. We will face that zone and see how we can recover many states in our favour,” Ganduje said.
Also on Momday, some elders of the APC from the North Central led by a former Senate President, Ameh Ebute, have expressed optimism that the 2027 general election would be a walkover for the party.
They spoke while on a visit to the party’s national secretariat in Abuja to congratulate Ganduje, on his victory at the High Court in a suit which sought his removal as chairman.
Ebute said, “We feel we should be the first to come and congratulate you on your winning of the Edo governorship election for the party; for adding Edo to states controlled by the APC. We have no doubt in your ability to lead this party to a higher level.
“We are happy that the suit seeking your sack as national chairman was struck out. We are solidly behind you and we shall continue to support you to take the party to the next level. With these achievements, we believe 2027 will be a walk over.”
“There is no doubt that the claim was baseless and was treated by the court as such. We don’t fear such baseless litigations.”
