By Emmanuel Iheaka

OWERRI – The All People’s Party (APP) has declared that it will match the ruling party, All Progressives Congress, APC, strength for strength in the forthcoming 2027 elections.

National leader of APP and House of Representatives member, Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere made the declaration during the inauguration of the Ideato ward and local government executives of the party in Akokwa, Ideato North on Saturday.

Ugochinyere, member for Ideato Federal Constituency, stated that he will win his re-election bid whether there is free and fair election or not.

The lawmaker enjoined the new executives to go into action and ensure the grassroots support-base of the party is consolidated.

Ugochinyere noted that APP has become the major opposition party in the state, with two members of House of Representatives.

“Our party, APP, after APC is the biggest political party in Imo State today. APC has eight lawmakers, we have two, others have none. That makes APP the number one opposition party in Imo.

“We are going to confront APC aggressively and I want you to be proud of what we have built. We are going to overrun them.

“We hope there will be free and fair process, but even if the process is not free and fair, we will play in that unfair process. Nobody has monopoly of anything. It must be played by the rules.

“We will not go into an election where we say if the election is free and fair, we will win. We are saying if the election is free and fair, we will win. If the election is unfair, we will still win. If there is no network, you will transmit the result, when network comes, it will go.

“We want peace, but if you say you don’t want peace, we won’t yield ourselves to be molested. We have a right to be alive”, the legislator submitted.