Ikechi Emenike, the APC governorship candidate in Abia, said Sunday that 19 lawsuits were instituted against him in the aftermath of the party primary election.

Mr Emenike disclosed this at Okoko Item in Bende’s local government area when he unveiled his deputy governorship candidate, Gloria Akara.

Ms Akara is a legal practitioner and pastor with God’s Heritage Ministry, Port Harcourt.

The APC standard-bearer said that he had successfully disposed of 13 of the suits, leaving six pending.

“I am confident that by God’s grace, the remaining suits would be disposed of like the others,” he said.

According to him, Abia has not produced a female deputy governor since the state’s creation in 1991.

He said his primary mission was to rescue the state and establish the building blocks for development.

“If God says we will be governor and deputy governor, nobody can stop it,” said Mr Emenike.

He added that the process of reconciling party members aggrieved with the outcome of the party primaries had begun.

“The primaries are over, so we must come together to win the governorship in 2023. If we do not win, the punishment and sufferings in Abia will multiply,” he stressed.

The governorship candidate further promised to evolve a programme that would help to carry everyone along. 

“Nobody would be left behind. This is the first time APC is producing a governorship candidate without the state government having a hand in it,” he said.

(NAN)