Anambra 2025: APC chieftain, Amaefuna warns against breaching zoning

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Anambra 2025: APC chieftain, Amaefuna warns against breaching zoning

A stalwart of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Anambra State, Mr Pope Amaefuna, has warned the party against fielding any candidate outside the southern senatorial zone as it may disrupt the existing zoning formula in the state.

He gave the warning during an interview with journalists in Awka, adding that the easiest way for APC to lose the state in 2025 would be to field any candidate from any zone, other than the South.

Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, who is doing his first term is also from the zone.

Amaefuna said: “The politics of Anambra State has enjoyed relative stability, equity and fairness, thanks to the adoption of the zoning principle.

“Major political parties acknowledged the power rotation formula as reflected by the choice of candidates paraded in Anambra elections in the past decade.

“In reality, APC can no longer afford to continue playing opposition politics in Anambra State and all hands must be on deck to ensure a power shift in the 2025 governorship election.

“Considering the disposition of the Anambra electorate, if the APC makes the mistake of failing to field a strong and popular candidate from Anambra south in favour of parading a candidate from any other zone, then it is safe to kiss the governorship aspirations of the party goodbye as the move would truncate the remaining four years tenure of Anambra south.

“The implication is that a new candidate from any other zone might tentatively lay claims to an eight year tenure instead of four and that is the last thing any right thinking Anambra wants at this epoch.”

Amaefuna stated that some people have been trying to champion the non adherence to the zoning in the state because they have an ulterior motive, but stated that doing so may lead the party to lose next year’s election.