Chris Azubogu (PDP).
They address him as Mr. Project going by the federal projects he has attracted to his constituency and even beyond. He is a two-term member of the House of Representatives and has the structure to win the ticket of the party. Though he is not the flamboyant type, his seemingly low profile is an advantage since he is not given to controversies in the politics of Anambra State. Azubogu has been able to interface with both the Anambra electorate and the political class but his opponents see him as one that may not dance to the dictates of the perceived godfathers of Anambra State. Azubogu has to work on religious politics in the state which appears to be dominated by the Catholics since he is an Anglican.
Azuka Okwuosa (APC)
He has through his fact-finding committee on what led to the failure of his party in the last governorship election presented himself as a lamb without blemish and also a unifying factor. Okwuosa is a longstanding member of the APC and he is currently the toast of many factions in the party which he has been able to reconcile. Coming from the Anambra South Senatorial District with a strong support base both in the state and Abuja, Okwuosa has to work further on the religious politics in the state being an Anglican.
George Moghalu (APC).
The member of the APC Board Of Trustees (BOT) and Managing Director/ CEO National Inland Water Ways (NIWA) is the party personified. Moghalu understands the politics of his party and the workings of the party’s structure. His consistency in politics has been an advantage though he has to stamp his feet on the ground to reassure his supporters that he is contesting to win. His religious background is one that hinges on his Catholic and Pentecostal beliefs which may increase his chances. Moghalu had contested under the platform of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in 2003 and later contested the last APC primary from which Dr. Tony Nwoye emerged as the party”s candidate.
Johnbosco Onunkwo (APC).
He has age on his side and commands the followership of the youths in the party and to a large extent Anambra State. He has been able to use his foundation to sway the support of most youths to the party which is to his advantage. Onunkwo is of the view that it is time to elect a youth as governor of Anambra State and he has not only used his party as a platform, his IFEDICHE Movement and his foundation have reached out to other political parties which is causing ripples in both the ruling APGA and the PDP. He is from the Anambra South Senatorial District and a Catholic with two top members of his campaign structure as Anglicans. He has to battle Godwin Ezeemo of the PDP, who is from his community, Umuchu in the Aguata Local Government Area. Onunkwo also has to battle against the conspiracy of the elite class who may not want him as governor. They feel that should the likes of Onunkwo become governor, they will all be retired from politics and this is one of the reasons why the APC candidate, Dr. Tony Nwoye, lost in the last election.
Dr Chidozie Nwankwo (APC)
A section of Anambra people sees him as a new kid on the block because he has not been around party politics for long. But his supporters insist that there should be a paradigm shift in the governance of the state to those in the private sector who would inject new blood into the polity. Nwankwo has no boundaries in terms of religious beliefs and practices being a member of the Pentecostal church, he is a proponent of ecumenism which means a union of all religions and denominations in Christendom. He is of the view that religious beliefs and inclinations should not be used to determine who becomes the governor of Anambra. All he needs is to break the jinx of the conspiracy of the elite class in both the party and in the state at large. With the assistance of some top-notch APC stakeholders, he can pull through.
Dr. Godwin Maduka (PDP)
The ‘doctor of pains’ and a pharmacist based in the United States of America is no stranger to anyone in Anambra State. He had once had a brief stay in APGA before joining the Peoples Democratic Party( PDP) and since then the party has had its hands full to contain his sagacity in politics. Currently, he has been moving to upstage the traditional party aspirants who are indeed losing sleep over his movement. Maduka is from Umuchukwu community in the Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State and a Catholic, who has built several Catholic institutions for the church and has empowered over 27,000 Anambra people in various capacities.
Maduka has to go the extra mile to upstage the tin gods in his party and capture the structure to emerge as the candidate and if the PDP can checkmate the litigation that has always trailed its primaries he would be good to go.
Dr. Ifedi Okwenna (PDP)
A former Commissioner for Environment, Dr. Ifedi Okwenna, is from Anambra South and the Nnewi South Local Government Area. His track record as a commissioner under Mr. Peter Obi, the former governor, speaks for him and he has been able to collapse his former APGA structure into the PDP which he is using as his joker. It is being rumoured that he is one of the few aspirants in the party that has the sympathy of Mr. Peter Obi and may have his backing. Okwenna is a Catholic and has been exploiting this advantage to his credit even though his opponents claim that he does not have the kind of logistics to run for the election. But it is being canvassed that logistics should not be the yardstick for the governance of the state. Okwenna has so far shown capacity in party politics and has built structures across the state.
Valentine Ozigbo (PDP)
The former Transcorp boss is one of the new entrants into the politics of Anambra State and he is always on the move at all times. He is not a new member of the PDP having worked under several regimes of PDP extraction. Many posit that with Valentine Ozigbo as governor the old order would certainly change for the better and apparently he is one of the men to watch in the party’s primary. Ozigbo is a Catholic from the Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra South Senatorial District hence he is a strong contender. Yet, the battle is still between him and those who claim to own the party in Anambra State unless his connection at the national level would come into play to assist his ambition. Should he attempt to break through the number of statutory delegates of the party, he may emerge as the candidate.
Emeka Etiaba (SAN)
It is not clear which of the political parties Etiaba would contest under but wherever he chooses to be, he possesses the structure to execute his ambition. The success story of his mother as governor and deputy governor respectively, has it going for him and with his contacts across the three major political parties, he stands a chance. Should he play deep into the Anglican Church where he belongs, he would surely emerge as the candidate of the Anglican Church. Already, meetings and alliances have commenced in that regard with the bishops and church committee members rooting for him. Even in the Catholic Church, he enjoys a substantial measure of sympathy, and his foot soldiers in the church are very much on the ground to give him a soft landing.
Godwin Ezeemo (PDP)
This is his third attempt at ruling the state haven contested under the PPA, APC, and now the PDP. Ezeemo has stamped his name in Anambra politics and he knows the terrain like the back of his hands. But Ezeemo appears not to learn from his experience. He starts with a bang and ends up an anti-climax which most of his supporters do not like and he is yet to exploit his Anglican Church background in the coming election. He has to also work on the PDP structure, create a strong divide to his own advantage. He is from Umuchu in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra South which is, however, an advantage. He is also one of the consistent contenders to this position and should put those experiences to bear.
Akachukwu Nwamkpo (APGA)
The former boss of SURE – P under President Goodluck Jonathan has introduced a new dimension into the 2021 zoning arrangement in Anambra State which is contending that the Ihiala political block has not completed its eight years under former Governor Chinwoke Mbadinuju. Against this backdrop, the Ihiala political block is presenting Akachukwu Nwamkpo as its candidate for the next election with the stakeholders of the area pulling all stops to install him in APGA. Also, there are arguments that it is no longer from Christ the King (CKC) old boy of Peter Obi to Willie Obiano and yet to another CKC who is also of the same Fidelity Bank. Akachukwu, being an ex-Catholic seminarian, has been working on his school mates who are now priests and bishops to secure the ticket of the party and APGA being dominated by Catholics may consider his ambition if Soludo backs out which is a near impossibility.
Tony Nwoye (APC).
He had won the ticket of the party under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) when he defeated Chief Nicholas Ukachukwu in the primary. He later won the primary of the APC to contest under the party in the last governorship election. Nwoye is from the Anambra North Senatorial Zone which is in the saddle today and it is being challenged that he is not respecting the zoning agreement. But another school of thought is of the opinion that since the zoning has gone full circle, Anambra North should begin the new zoning arrangement hence the declaration of Tony Nwoye. Nwoye is known to have this magic wand of winning party primary elections and sending top contenders of the party to the cleaners and this is the apprehension of most aspirants in the party. Being a youth and a grassroots politician, he appreciates the politics of not only APC and PDP but even APGA, a quality that he has going for him.
Ugochukwu Okeke (PDP)
He presents the true picture of a true progressive of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who is desirous of taking the party back to the Government House, Awka. Okeke has contested the ticket of the party twice and has remained in the party against all odds. He is from the Ihiala Local Government Area and among the aspirants from the Ihiala political block and has been in the race long before now. It is not only Akachukwu that is being considered as Ugochukwu Okeke is seen by many in the party and Anambra South as a better option to heal the wounds. According to the state Chairman of the PDP, Chief Ndubuisi Nwobu, Okeke needs no explanation to the party because he was with the party even when all hopes appeared to have been lost. Okeke enjoys the patronage of party members and stakeholders who find him as one that would play the middle course at the end of the litigation among so-called major gladiators. The list may be limitless at the moment, but the uncertain nature of Anambra politics cannot be underestimated.
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