Peter Umeadi emerges APGA presidential candidate

A former Chief Judge of Anambra State, Retired Justice Peter Umeadi, has emerged as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

Justice Umeadi who is the sole presidential aspirant of APGA was declared the winner of the primary election of the party on Wednesday.

His candidacy was affirmed by 150 delegates who voted at a special convention of the party held in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

The former Chief Judge, in his acceptance speech, asked Nigerians to respect the ballot and promised to secure votes at the polls that would transform the county.

Umeadi, a Professor of Law at the University of Nigeria, joined the party in his Nri Ward II in Anaocha area of Anambra following his retirement as the Chief Judge of the state in March 2019.

The former Chief Judge has always canvassed that a Nigerian from the South East be given the opportunity to be the next president.

Umeadi later met with APGA leadership where he formally declared his intention to contest the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the party.

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