Nollywood actor, other APC lawmakers get return tickets in Anambra

ALL the four incumbent House of Assembly members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Anambra State, including the popular Nollywood actor and Gyration Master, Mr. Tony Oneweek Muonagor, were Saturday returned as the party’s candidates in their various constituencies for the 2015 general elections.

Other affected lawmakers are Ebele Obi, (Idemili South constituency), Emeka Aniegbonam (Onitsha South) and Kenechukwu Chukwuemeka (Awka South I).

Also, Mr. Ikechukwu Offor won the ticket to contest in Aguata I state constituency in an exercise that was supervised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The APC’s five-man committee for the primaries was led by Mr. Gideon Zamani, while Akeem Okedara served as the secretary.

The team expressed satisfaction with the orderliness and maturity displayed by the APC contestants and supporters in Anambra State, adding that the exercise showed that the party was on ground in the state.

The incumbent lawmaker for Idemili North and Nollywood star, Mr. Tony Oneweek Muonagor commended members of the committee for exhibiting transparency, adding that everybody was happy that the exercise went well without any hitch.

He said: “We have won the primaries, but there are battles ahead. We are not relenting even as we know that APC is being dreaded by other opposition parties in the state.”