The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will win Anambra in 2023, despite the fact that the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has long controlled state politics and that Peter Obi, the Labour Party's presidential candidate, is a native of the state.
This is due to the fact that Anambra was still a PDP state throughout those years.
At the 20th Coronation anniversary and Ofala festival of Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, the Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) vice presidential candidate and governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, made this calculation. He was represented by PDP presidential council member and chairman of United Nigeria Airlines, High Chief Prof. Obiora Okonkwo.
Okonkwo in an interview after representing Okowa said: “PDP is fully prepared for the campaign. Anambra has always been the home of PDP, and you may wish to check it. In the past, we have won landslide in all the presidential elections, and almost all the time, we have won majority of the national assembly election, and I do not think this will be different.
“The campaign committee is coming up to Anambra, and we will campaign in every corner of Anambra State, starting from every voter, every polling booth, every ward and every local government.
“I have no doubt that at the end of the day, Anambra people will know that we need to be reconnected to Abuja, and the only wire that will give us that connection to the political grid is PDP.”
Although APGA has dominated Anambra State, Okonkwo described the party as a friend of PDP.
He said: “APGA had controlled the state in past times when PDP had won 95 percent of the votes in the state, both in the presidential and national assembly election in Anambra State. I think it is going to be the same.”
“Anambra people have always voted for the PDP at all times, and I wonder why you feel this time will be different. We are confident that we will win Anambra at the end of the day.”
He praised the traditional ruler of Onitsha Obi Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe for holding a colourful Ofala cultural festival, and enjoined other monarchs and communities to join in showcasing African culture.