Full list of 27 Imo APC House of Assembly candidates

The list of 27 candidates elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress(APC) for
Imo House of Assembly have emerged. Speaker, Kennedy Ibe, Deputy Speaker, Amara Iwuanyanwu and Majority Leader, Kanayo Onyemachi, won return tickets.

About nine members of the House, two former Speakers Chiji Collins and Paul Emeziem however lost return tickets at the just-concluded party primaries

Also Uche Ogbuagu (Mbaitoli), who sought for the Reps ticket of the party for Mbaitoli/Ikeduru Federal Constituency but withdrew will not return to the Assembly.

Akarachi Amadi, the son of business mogul, Prince Charles Amadi, was declared
winner of the primary.

Other members of the Assembly, who vied for House of Reps ticket of the APC but crashed out at the primary are: Uju Onwudiwe (Njaba); Ngozi Obiefule (Isu); Arthur Egwim
(Ideato North); Michael Crown Njoku (Ihitte Uboma) and Blyden Amajirionwu (Ngor
Okpala).

Onwudiwe, a two-term member was said to have stepped down for Harrison Nwadike, while Amajirionwu, who was newly elected to the House lost to Ifeanyi Akwiti.

Also, Hon Crown Njoku crumbled in his quest to represent Obowo, Ihitte Uboma and Ehime Mbano Federal Constituency.

The list of the 27 successful House of Assembly released by Publicity Secretary, Cajetan Duke, include:

1. ABOH MBAISE LGA: OBINNA EDWARD. I.

2. AHIAZU MBAISE LGA: OTUIBE SAMUEL.

3. EHIME MBANO LGA: BENARD NDUBUISI OZOEMELAM

4. EZINIHITTE LGA: DR. HENRY AGBASONU.

5. IDEATO NORTH LGA: UDEZE ERNEST OKECHUKWU.

6. IDEATOSOUTH LGA: DURU IHEONUKARA JOHNSON.

7. IHITE UBOMA LGA: HON. CHIKE OLEMGBE.

8. IKEDURU LGA: JOHN LEO IHEOHA.

9. ISIALA MBANO LGA: SAMUEL IKECHUKWU OSUJI.

10. ISU LGA: KINGSLEY EMEKA OZURUMBA.

11. MBAITOLI LGA: IKPAMEZIE INNOCENT IKECHUKWU.

12. NGOR OKPALA LGA: EGU OBINNA. A.

13. NJABA LGA: EBONINE BENETH OZIOMA.

14. NKWERE LGA: OJUKWU CHISOM.

15. NWANGELE LGA: IWUANYANWU AMARACHI.

16. OBOWO LGA: KENNEDY C. IBEH.

17. OGUTA LGA: NWOSU GIBERT CHIEDOZIE.

18. OHAJI/EGBEME LGA: FRANCIS UZOMA OSUOHA.

19. OKIGWE LGA: HON. CHIDI OGBUNUKPA.

20.ONUIMOLGA: ESILE JAMES UBA.

21. ORLU LGA: IKENNA MARTIN IHEZUO.

22. ORSU LGA: AGAIGBE F. UCHE.

23. ORU EAST LGA: HON. CHIGOZIE NWANERI.

24. ORU WEST LGA: BARR. EZERIOHA DOMINIC.

25. OWERRI MUNICIPAL LGA: UGOCHUKWU OBODO.

26. OWERRI NORTH LGA: KELECHI ONUMAJURU OFURUM.

27. OWERRI WEST LGA: KANAYO ONYEMACHI

Source: The Nation

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