“Campaign has been declared open for the National Assembly. So, as you are going back to your local governments, what you will be talking about is our party. Your prayer is for our party to win all the positions.
The Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru has warned the newly sworn-in local government chairmen to ensure the All Progressives Congress, APC, wins their respective areas in the 2027 general elections or risk losing their positions.
The governor said, his directive was not a threat to opposition parties but a clear expression of his commitment to protecting the APC and ensuring victory for the party in all elections in the state.
The governor spoke during the swearing-in ceremony of 13 local government chairmen and their deputies following the August 22, 2026, council elections, in which the APC won all chairmanship and 171 councillorship seats.
He said with campaigns for the National Assembly elections now underway, the chairmen were expected to mobilise support for the APC in their respective local government areas.
“Campaign has been declared open for the National Assembly. So, as you are going back to your local governments, what you will be talking about is our party. Your prayer is for our party to win all the positions.
“We cannot leave one position to any other political party. We will win 100 per cent in the general election. Go and tell our opposition that nobody is threatening them.
“We have now started campaigning. We are not threatening you; we will defeat you at the polls. Nobody is threatening you. We are politicians. We must speak for our party and we must deliver our party,” Nwifuru said.
The governor warned that any council chairman who failed to deliver his local government area to the APC in 2027 would be removed.
“When we win, and you know we will win, we will remove any council chairman that did not win his local government area. It is as simple as that,” he said.
Nwifuru urged the chairmen to protect the party’s interests in their areas and resist attempts by opposition politicians to undermine the APC.
