From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said the party will deploy every machinery to capture the South East and South South geo-political zones in the 2019 general elections.
Oyegun spoke at the party’s headquarters in Abuja when he inaugurated a high-level committee to review the party’s performance in the November 18, 2017 Anambra State governorship election.
He urged the committee to undertake a thorough forensic examination of why the party garnered less votes than anticipated.
In his opening remarks, the party’s boss said he dreamt of a situation where the party won handsomely in the South East.
“The South East and South South are crucial and critical for our victory in 2019.
“Not from the point of view of the number of votes, because we are fairly confident, having gone through our initial planning; the APC would carry the day in 2019, but for us, it is critical that the South East and South South, both geographical zones that have contributed immensely to the survival of this nation, must be represented in what is going to be a truly national government of the APC in 2019.
“So, learn from the experience of result of the Anambra election, in which l must personally confess that l was disappointed, in terms of votes that we got at that election.