The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ebonyi State has fastened January 25, 2026 for the get together’s primaries for the forthcoming native authorities chairmanship and councilorship elections within the state.
The state chairman of the get together, Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha, disclosed this to journalists in Abakaliki after a State Govt Council assembly on Monday.
He suggested political appointees who wish to contest the elections to resign according to Governor Francis Nwifuru’s directive final month.
“The first election for each councillorship and chairmanship will maintain on January 25, however the processes will begin earlier in January,” he added.
“In case you are a public servant beneath the governor’s appointment, you need to resign 30 days to the first election. Anyone that didn’t resign by December 20, 2025, just isn’t certified to contest.”
He mentioned membership revalidation would start as soon as the get together receives the required license plate, and warranted members that transparency would information all get together actions.
Emegha equally introduced the graduation of development of a brand new APC secretariat within the state which he mentioned can be accomplished inside six months.
“The advanced and the areas are far bigger than that of the nationwide secretariat. This goes to indicate that we wish to proceed to take care of our primary place as a celebration in Ebonyi State,” he mentioned.
He boasted that the APC presently has whole political management within the state with all of the opposition lawmakers of the state extraction now APC members
“We’ve 171 out of 171 ward councillors, 13 out of 13 native authorities chairmen, 24 out of 24 Home of Meeting members, six Nationwide Meeting members and three out of three senators,” he said.
Emegha revealed that the remaining opposition federal lawmaker within the state, Iduma Igariwey representing Afikpo and Edda federal constituency, has dumped PDP for the APC and has registered in his Itim 001 Ward in Afikpo
“If I convey the register right here, I’ll present you that that is Itim 001 ward — the ward of Chief Iduma Igariwey. His title is absolutely written within the register,” he mentioned.
