- Safiu Kehinde
Another aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2025 Anambra State Governorship Election, Chukwuma Umeoji, has stepped down from the race ahead of the party’s primary slated for Saturday, April 5th.
This brings to two, the number of the governorship aspirants that had withdrawn their intentions to run for the primary elections as Mr Paul Chukwuma also stepped down for the race on Friday.
APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, announced Umeoji’s withdrawal in a statement on Friday in Abuja, stressing that his decision was made in good faith following consultations with his supporters across the state.
Morka thanked Umeoji for his aspiration and dedicated support for the APC in Anambra and nationally.
“It is our hope that Umeoji will do all in his power to support and work for the victory of the eventual governorship candidate of our party in the Nov. 8 Anambra governorship election,” he said.
According to reports, Umeoji was one of the seven aspirants that purchased the APC Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to contest its Anambra governorship ticket.
However, with his withdrawal alongside Chukwuma, the aspirants left in the race now include Prof Obiora Okonkwo; Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu; Valentine Ozigbo; Johnbosco Onunkwo and Edozie Madu.
The aspirants cleared on March, 10, by the party’s Anambra 2025 Governorship Election Screening Committee, headed by Alh. Ibrahim Shema, a former Katsina State Governor, purchased the forms at the cost of N50 million.