A national chairmanship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Ibrahim Emokpaire has officially declared intention to contest the exalted ruling party position, saying the likes of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and the incumbent, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, were not threats to his ambition.
He, however, promised that if given opportunity he will end the “seeming intractable problems” that becloud the APC.
Chief Emokpaire who stressed that he was not afraid of the big names and the moneybags within the party who are also interested in the seat, said that President Muhammadu Buhari had already given the ground rules which dis-stressed money politics hence, he is unperturbed.
While making his official declaration at the weekend in Abuja, the Edo born politician said his interest for the chairmanship of the APC was to “work assiduously with party leadership to maintain discipline, peace within the party hierarchy and unity of the APC.”
While assuring to put in place a Board of Trustees for APC within six months on assumption of office as the party chairman, Emorkpaire said: “I recognise the fact about the curiosity of certain persons in their usual permutation about who a regular guy should be or not be but am sorry to disappoint them because my mind is made up by the audacity to dare shift paradigm and alter the political status quo this time around , to affirm my candidature.”
On the various crisis bedeviling the party and how he will check them, he said: “My leadership will address the seeming intractable problems that becloud the horizon of our progress which are indeed traceable to the skewed priorities of some greedy and corrupt politicians.
“The good news is that the problems are man-made and not insurmountable but can be corrected sooner than later on my assumption of the mantle of leadership.
“We are shifting away from money politics and President Muhammadu Buhari has already outlined what is needed. I will not be disturbed and distracted by the big names and moneybags that will be contesting, as I will remain issue based.”
