2027: OKORONKWO DECLARES ISUIKWUATO STATE CONSTITUENCY BID, VOWS TO CHANGE NARRATIVE

Hon. Victor Okoronkwo, an aspirant for the Isuikwuato State Constituency in the 2027 general elections, has declared that the time has come for him to join the race and work towards addressing the lingering challenges facing the area.

Speaking in an exclusive interview, the technocrat-turned-politician said that, as a son born and bred in Isuikwuato, he had watched problems persist for years without being adequately addressed by successive representatives.

He said his friends and age-grade members had, for the past four years, urged him to contest, telling him to stop complaining and return home to do better. He added that although he delayed his decision to contest previously, he believed now was the right time to launch his political ambition.

Okoronkwo, who is running on the platform of the New Democratic Congress (NDC), said his alignment with the ideology of the party’s principal, Mr. Peter Obi, whom he described as a man of integrity, convinced him that the NDC was the right platform for Isuikwuato.

Hon. Victor Okoronkwo said he was not a politician in the conventional Nigerian sense but a technocrat who had been contributing to the development of Isuikwuato long before declaring his political ambition.

He disclosed that, over the past four years, he had been paying stipends to widows, single mothers and people from poor households on every market day, a gesture he said had given them hope and relief.

He also said he had paid medical bills for individuals, awarded scholarships to young people, paid for shops and businesses, and trained and equipped youths in various skills.

According to him, the people of Isuikwuato could attest to these interventions.