Anastasia Okechukwu Reporting
The twenty-seven local government chairmen of Imo State’s Labour Party, LP, has vowed to support Senator Athan Achonu, the party Governorship candidate, in his bid to unseat the All Progressives Congress, APC, incumbent Governor, Hope Uzodimma.
They took the collective decision at the Labour Party, LP, Secretariat in Owerri on Friday.
Oshimmiri Chjioke, the coordinator of the 27 Imo LP chairmen and the area’s LP chairman, in his address said, the people of Imo want Athan as their next Governor, they want a new Government with a human face and human feeling.
Speaking further, he noted the successful conduct of the party’s primary Governorship election and said that the Labour Party, LP, is ready to take over Imo Government house, promising that the party will not disappoint the people of Imo who are looking up to them.
“Labour party is saying this struggle is not only Athan, as a person but Imo people want Athan as their next governor, they want a new government with a human face and human feelings. With Athan, Imo people have seen the change and will make the change. The new face of government will be that of the Labour Party.
“Labour is ready to take over Imo government house, we are just waiting for November 11, 2023, to go into the government house, just like everybody is looking and waiting for the Labour party and we can’t disappoint Imo people,” he said.