Nnaji clinches Enugu APC guber ticket
Chetanne Chinelo, Enugu
At the end of the All Progressives Congress primaries held today, Uche Geoffery Nnaji, Nwakaibie, has won the gubernatorial ticket of the APC in Enugu state.
He was the only aspirant for the Gubernatorial primary election of the APC in the state.
Nnaji who hails from Akpugo in Nkanu West Local Government area of Enugu state pulled 1070 votes to emerge the APC Candidate.
Five elected state delegates from each of the 260 wards in the state participated in the primaries.
The Pacesetter Frontier Magazine had published Nnaji as one of the likely guber candidates in Enugu State.
Nnaji’s political life and desire to serve led him to join the Peoples Democratic Party as one of its founding members. At the time, he was prevailed upon to run for the Governorship Election in 1999 but declined for His Excellency, Sen. Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani as his elder brother from Nkanuland. He instead ran for Senate and won but still stepped down for His Excelllency, Sen. Dr. Jim Nwobodo who was an elder statesman and foundation leader of PDP in Nkanuland, Enugu State and Nigeria. He was later appointed Member of FCDA Board by President Olusegun Obasanjo where he became the Chairman of Finance Committee of the Board.