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The Chairman of the Enugu State Chapter of All Progressives Congress, Dr. Ben Nwoye, has promised that the party will field credible candidates for all elective offices in its bid to wrest power from the Peoples Democratic Party in 2015.

Speaking with journalists after a meeting of the partys state National Working Committee, Nwoye said the APC would resist any form of rigging during the election.

According to him, the APC taking its time to produce credible candidates that will wrest power from the PDP in 2015 at all levels of government.

Nwoye disclosed that, ahead of the polls, several aspirants have expressed interest in contesting different elective positions in Enugu State, such as the 24 constituencies of the state house of assembly, the federal house of representatives, senate and governorship elections.

Specifically, he said two members of the party in the state, namely Dr. Okey Ezeah, and Dr. Ifeanyi Asogwa, have expressed their intention to contest the governorship election, while others are also ready to pick the nomination forms.

The Enugu State APC chairman added that the party has set November 8, 15, 24 and 29 for the house of assembly, governorship, house of representatives and senate primaries, respectively.

Nwoye stressed that there would be no imposition of candidates in the party, even as he admitted that the APC constitution allows for adoption of consensus candidates.

Our constitution allows for consensus candidates but not imposition an imposition is where one or two persons decide that this or that person will be the candidate, he explained.

He further explained that before any aspirant could emerge as a consensus candidate, he will have to tell party members why he wants to vie for whatever position he is running for, in order to win the confidence of the stakeholders.

Nwoye in the same vein restated his earlier assertion that the party is not a dumping ground for disgruntled politicians from other parties, especially from the PDP, who fail to actualize their political aspiration aspiration during the 2015 elections.

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2015: APC to present credible candidates