By Chuks Collins, Awka

The All Progressives Congress (APC)in Anambra State has kickstarted it’s e-registration of old and new members.

The excersize which holds in the 21 Councils of the state simultaneously was aimed at boosting the membership base of the party ahead the next general election in 2027.

The party in a well attended Stakeholders meeting held in Awka this afternoon noted that the project was aimed at attracting no fewer than about targeting to register four hundred thousand new members into the party.

This, according to the Director General of the South East Governors’ Forum, Senator Uche Ekwunife, would boost the membership strength and withstand any electoral tide in all future elections.

The ambitious number, she added would ensure the party becomes politically inviolable.

Ekwunife who convened Stakeholders meeting, charged the 326 ward Chairmen and their executive members to mobilize and adequately sensitize members so as to ganner enough support for all the candidates of the party in the coming 2027 election.

The excersize, Ekwunife explained was enable the party to empower it’s committed and ascertained members.

She said, “We are looking at each ward registering at least 1,000 New members of the party and if we can do that and through the electoral wards we shall be looking at over 336,000 new members into our party”

“The party wants to empower their members through this e registration and it is important for the party to know the number of their members who are committed members of the party ”

“APC members are desirous of winning election for their party and we cannot do without the ward Chairmen because they ate the custodians of the party down the ladder at the ward level” she said.

The State Chairman of the party, Chief Basil Ejidike pointed out that politics remains a game of numbers adding that without the numbers a party cannot win any election.

Referring to the Nov 8,2025 off-season governorship election in the state, Ejidike said, “We went into the election with almost nothing. That was what cost us the Gubernatorial poll victory.

“If we scored above 100,000 votes during the last election, we would do far better in subsequent elections especially the Presidential election that is coming up next year”

“We shall do all we can to ensure that everybody is registered in Anambra state to give us leverage in the National and State Assembly electors as well as the Presidential election” he said.

Chairman of Anambra South zonal Chapter of the party Mr Izuchukwu Okeke who spoke on behalf of other zonal Chairmen announced that all the ward Chairmen and their executive members have already been sensitized and mobilized ahead of the e-registration adding that they would over shoot the targeted number of new members.

Prizes was presented to the three best local government areas with N500,000.00 for first position N300,000.00 for second position and N150,000.00 for the third position.

A breakdown of the performance of the local government areas showed that Njikoka had the highest number of registered voters followed by Awka South and then Onitsha South.

President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has declared that Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, is the recognised leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, dismissing claims linking former governor Nyesom Wike to the party’s leadership structure.

Bwala made the clarification on Thursday while speaking on Channels Television’s Hard Copy, against the backdrop of an ongoing political crisis in Rivers State that has seen the State House of Assembly commence impeachment proceedings against Governor Fubara.

According to Bwala, the position of the APC national leadership is unequivocal, stressing that Wike is not a member of the ruling party and therefore lacks the authority to speak or act on its behalf in Rivers State.

He said the party’s national chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, had already made it clear that Fubara, as the sitting governor, is the APC leader in the state.

“In Rivers State, Governor Fubara is the leader of the APC. Wike is not a member of the APC, so he cannot speak for the party,” Bwala said.

He added that while Wike may be regarded as a leading figure within the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers due to his past role as governor, such influence does not extend to the APC.

“He may be the leader of the PDP in Rivers State because they currently do not have a governor, but as far as the APC is concerned, Governor Fubara is the party leader in the state,” he stated.

Bwala further noted that President Tinubu supports internal party democracy, constitutional order, and the rule of law, insisting that the party would not condone any actions capable of undermining governance in Rivers State.

On the impeachment moves against Fubara, Bwala said the APC expects that the governor should be allowed to perform his constitutional duties without obstruction, particularly in light of existing court orders restraining the process.

“There are court orders stopping the impeachment. The party’s position is clear: nobody should stop Governor Fubara from governing Rivers State,” he said.

The presidential aide also clarified that Wike’s appointment as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory does not translate into leadership or authority within the APC, describing his role as one of service to the Federal Government rather than to the ruling party.

“The President believes in rewarding loyalty and service, but not at the expense of national interest or what is right,” Bwala said.

He urged all political stakeholders in Rivers State to respect constitutional processes, adding that the APC’s recognition of Fubara as party leader has effectively settled the internal dispute.

Governor Fubara formally joined the APC in December 2025 after defecting from the PDP and has since been endorsed by the party for a second term in the 2027 governorship election.

Meanwhile, members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have initiated impeachment proceedings against Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu, citing allegations of gross misconduct, including financial mismanagement and constitutional violations.