The Labour Party has screened Chief Ikechukwu Ukaegbu ahead of the party’s primary election on Saturday.
This is as a support group, Concerned Imo Labour Party Youths (Home and abroad) declared their support for Ukaegbu.
The support group said he remained the candidate that could defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state.
A statement by Comrade Uche Ezeh, the group said Ukaegbu will lead the party into victory to become the party’s governorship candidate for the upcoming November election in the state.
The statement said,
“Chief Ikenga is the candidate to beat. Imo people know he is the man who can wrest the reins of power from the present clueless APC administration and win convincingly. Even the political elites are afraid of this man who exudes so much goodwill and capacity.
“Chief Ikenga will unarguably protect Labour Party votes with his wide-reaching local and international security contacts. Chief Ikenga’s formidable political structure is 100 times ahead of the opposition in grassroot political sagacity and technical know-how.
“No man can curse whom the Lord has blessed. The Labour Party is heading the right direction conferring their mark of approval on a man God has already approved to lead Ndi Imo out from the current administrative quagmire we have been plagued with for several years now.
“A vote for Chief Ikenga is a vote for Imo’s freedom. A vote for Chief Ikenga is a breath of fresh air for all Imo sons and daughters, home and abroad. We implore all honourable delegates of the Labour Party to queue behind this simple man with unusual wisdom and leadership prowess on the day of primary election. Do this for Ndi Imo and our future generations.”