June 16, 2026
By Steve Oko
UMUAHIA – Former House of Representatives member and a founding fathers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State, Hon. Mezie Chiekwe Esiaga, has predicted a disastrous outing for the party in the 2027 Abia governorship race if it fails to reverse the outcome of its controversial governorship primary.
The former lawmaker who sounded the warning at a media chat in Umuahia, raised the alarm over what he described as a dangerous path being taken by the party, warning that the APC might suffer even more humiliating defeat in the 2027 governorship poll than it did in 2023.
Hon. Esiaga, who dismissed the primary that produced the party’s governorship candidate as a “complete sham,” insisted that the APC should hand over its governorship ticket to former Minister of State for Science and Technology, Chief Henry Ikoh, whom he said had laboured for years to build and sustain the party in the state.
