On May 30, Onuigbo garnered 157 votes to defeat Henry Ikoh, his opponent, who had 152 votes in the primary.
In a statement on Sunday, Onuigbo asked the party to “uphold justice” and present him to INEC as the party’s flagbearer.“The obvious result of the Abia central senatorial zone primaries of the All Progressives Congress has suddenly become very difficult for officials who conducted and presided over the exercise to announce,” the statement reads.
“The reaction of the people is not unexpected given that a totally different person who did not purchase nomination forms nor participated in the primaries is suddenly being thrown up.“This is blatant impunity which the APC is known to kick against and which has given our great party the edge over the opposition. The crawling worm of impunity should never be allowed in the corridors of the seat of our party administration. It should be resisted and terminated with precision.