The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, has urged party members to close ranks and work as a team to ensure victory in 2023, saying the party would not be satisfied with just 25 per cent of votes cast at the general election.

Adamu made the call while speaking with newsmen after inaugurating an eight-member Abia State Reconciliation Committee on Wednesday.

He said: “We have to do some work and forget some of the prejudices and stand together.

“We don’t want anybody to come here after the elections and start crying and laying blame on us for our failures.

“I will not listen to that, this is the time to unite, this is the time to work for unity, if we do, God will be with us.”

Adamu added: “All the national elections, House of Representatives, Senate, governorship, likely the presidential election, we will not be satisfied with just the 25 per cent of votes cast.

“No halfway about it, if we are to win, we must try to win every state.”

The APC chairman said ahead of inaugurating the committee, comprehensive meetings were held between the party’s leaders in Abia State.

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Adamu stated that they were involved in negotiations and its National Working Committee (NWC), especially during its primaries and after it.

He further expressed optimism that with the inauguration of the committee, there would be peace in Abia APC, saying: “We are not going to hold reconciliation meetings again. We will now leave it to the leaders of the party in Abia to play their politics in the state.

“Abuja is not about Abia, go to Abia and play politics there, do the necessary, lobby and reconciliation there because all politics is local.

“Abuja is not Abia locality, Abuja is the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), we converged here from various states. Let Abia go and work together.”

In his remarks, the chairman of the committee, Chris Adighije, said the committee would reconcile all aggrieved APC members in Abia State.

This, he said, was critical to enable the party build strength to face challenges from other political parties

The Deputy Chief Whip House of Representatives, Sen. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, will serve as secretary of the committee.

Other members of the committee include the Minister of State for Science, Technology and Innovation, Henry Ikoh;  former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr Emeka Wogu; Emeka Atuma, and  Martins Azubuike.

The APC governorship candidate in Abia State, Ikechi Emenike, is also a member of the committee, among others

The Star