The All Progressives Congress (APC) women in the South-East held a rally on Wednesday in support of Bola Tinubu, the party's presidential candidate, and Kashim Shettima, Tinubu's running mate.
At the Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu Square in Owerri, the capital of Imo State, the women's wing of the APC's South-East presidential campaign gathered in large numbers to rally support for their party's nominee.
The group's leaders, who were decked out in vibrant garb, took turns addressing the crowd and urging them to support the party's nominee.
The rally on Wednesday is just a preamble, according to Chioma Uzodimma, the South-East Women's Coordinator for the APC Presidential Campaign and the wife of Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State.
She urged the women to get their permanent voter cards and on “that day, from beginning to the end,” vote APC candidates.
On his part, Governor Uzodimma said the APC is the party to beat in next year’s exercise. He expressed confidence that the duo of Tinubu and Shettima will cruise to victory in 2022.
“APC is one united national political party in Nigeria and we are all committed to APC, and we are all working for APC.
“We believe that what is happening in Lagos should happen in Nigeria. We believe that those who initiated what is happening in Lagos should also initiate what would happen in Nigeria,” he told the women at the Government House.
“We believe that the good work the President has done for the past seven and half years has to be supported and continued. The only way this can happen is if our women will come out en masse; if our youths will come out en masse; if our politicians will come out en masse and support a winning team because you don’t change a winning team.”