Twenty two aspirants for political offices have picked the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) forms in Anambra for the 2015 general elections in the state.
The party began the sale of forms for House of Assembly and House of Representatives elections on Tuesday.
Chief Mike Kwentor, State Chairman of the party, said this while receiving Chief Enerst Elochukwu, a former President of Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents, who bought his nomination on Wednesday in Awka.
Elochukwu picked form for Nnewi North/South and Ekwusigo Federal Constituency.
Kwentor said the number of aspirants was unprecedented barely 24 hours after the sale of expression of interest and nomination forms began.
He said that the party had been waxing stronger even as it was before the former Gov. Peter Obi defected to PDP.
“Peter Obi walked into APGA alone and left alone so the party is even stronger than he met it,’’ he said.
Kwentor assured the party faithful of free and fair primaries after the sale of nomination forms which would end on Nov. 4.
He said that out of the 22 aspirants who bought forms so far, 20 of them were for House of Assembly and two for House of Representatives.
He, however, said that nobody had picked form for senatorial election since the exercise began.
He expressed confidence that those who declared their interests would pick their forms before the deadline.
Elochukwu said, shortly after picking form, that he was in the race to change the face of representative democracy.
He added that with his emergence, there would be proper representation in the state.
He said that the decision to contest for the House of Representatives seat was informed by absence of proper representation of the people.
He promised to sponsor “beneficial laws for the entire country” and his constituents.
