He described the consultations as a move to bolster the APC in Anambra State and energise it for the work ahead in the state governorship election in 2025.
He said, “Since the creation of Anambra State in 1991, every governorship election in the state has been contested by qualified indigenes of the state, irrespective of the political zone.
“Even in 2013, when they claimed zoning began, candidates from all zones contested that election. In 2017, the same scenario was repeated, and everyone contested. For anyone to argue that zoning exists in Anambra is simply aiming to pursue a narrow personal agenda.
“What I discovered after careful analysis is that zoning was created by APGA to destabilise other political parties, and this is why no one has ever defeated them. Zoning is a natural advantage to APGA, after all, it is more logical to allow a poorly performing governor to do his final term as a governor than allow a new person from the same zone who is promising to do just a year with no legal implications if they don’t.
“To buttress my point that zoning is an APGA strategy, you need to compare the results in all elections APGA participated in before their zoning strategy. In 2011, APGA needed to conjecture some magic to win. In 2013, they introduced zoning, and that competitiveness in Anambra began to disappear.
