{"id":15763,"date":"2017-11-06T17:15:33","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T17:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=15763"},"modified":"2017-11-06T17:15:33","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T17:15:33","slug":"mazi-ukegbu-declares-intent-ahead-2019-election-says-apga-is-the-only-existing-party-in-imo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=15763","title":{"rendered":"Mazi Ukegbu declares intent ahead 2019 election, says APGA is the only existing party in Imo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>By Amaechi Kingsley<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A onetime gubernatorial aspirant in Imo State and chieftain of the All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA, Mazi Okechukwu Ukegbu has said that the Peoples Democratic Party PDP has no relevance in Imo politics today as APGA remains the only party existing in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Mazi Ukegbu who spoke to newsmen last Friday at Kanu Nwakwo sports complex in Owerri during a grand reception\/rally to welcome decampee\u2019s into the party, noted that the All Progressive Congress APC as a party is laughable owing to the current harsh economic climate they have plunged Nigerians into, especially Imolites.<\/p>\n<p>He maintained that Imo state is very wealthy but with seemingly weak managers steering the affairs of the state, he condemned the erecting of Jacob Zuma\u2019s statue in Imo state describing the honoree as unworthy.<\/p>\n<p>The revered politician who revealed his intent ahead 2019 election stated that his interest is to help produce the next governor of Imo state as he has no intention to contest.<\/p>\n<p>The APGA chieftain further maintained that he will support a credible candidate in 2019 from APGA so as to pave way for the youth.<\/p>\n<p>Mazi Ukegbu welcomed the new members into the party noting that APGA remains large enough to accommodate all Nigerian\u2019s and bridge the gap between the governed and government. He advised Imo people to participate in the continuous voter\u2019s registration.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the National Working Committee of APGA led by the Dr. Victor Oye has assured that the party will be void of Imposition as he welcomed decampees into APGA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 By Amaechi Kingsley A onetime gubernatorial aspirant in Imo State and chieftain of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-xtra"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","elegant-magazine-featured":"","elegant-magazine-medium":"","elegant-magazine-medium-small":"","elegant-magazine-thumbnail-small":""},"author_info":{"info":["Imo Trumpeta"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?cat=8\" rel=\"category\">News Extra<\/a>","tag_info":"News Extra","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15768,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15763\/revisions\/15768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}