About one week after his emergence as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in the 2023 election, a former Chief Justice of Anambra, Professor Peter Umeadi, has chosen a renowned labour leader, Comrade Abdullahi Koli as his vice presidential candidate.
The decision was taken to beat the June 17 deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission for submission of party candidates to the INEC online portal.
Umeadi, who was unopposed, became APGA’s presidential candidate at the party’s convention in Abuja, which was attended by its leaders and members from the nation’s six geo-political zones.
A statement issued on Sunday by the Administrative Secretary of the Peter Umeadi Campaign Organisation, Christian Nnabuihe, described Comrade Muhammed Koli as “a frontline labour union activist and social crusader who has led many struggles for the welfare of Nigerian workers in his capacity as Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, in Bauchi State from 1999 to 2002.”
The APGA primary was attended by party leaders and members drawn from the six geopolitical zones of the country where a total of 150 delegates affirmed his candidacy by a voice vote.
The event was also attended by a former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinayya Abaribe; a former Minister of Information, Frank Nweke Jr, and governorship candidate of APGA in Delta State, Great Ogboru.
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