The women of Obuohia Community in Abia state  devoted time  on Saturday during their  August Meeting to prayer session for Rep. Sam Onuigbo to triumph in his legal battle for the APC Abia Central  Senatorial ticket.


The women, who were colourfully-dressed for the day’s meeting, made fervent  supplication to God to give Onuigbo victory in the court where he had gone to for justice


Dailyledger.com.ng  reports that Onuigbo, representing Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency, had approached a Federal High Court, Umuahia


Sam Onuigbo

to challenge the alleged substitution of his name after the APC primary election for Abia Central Senatorial District.


The lawmaker maintains that he is the valid winner of the ticket after INEC on June 20, 2022 issued him a Certified True Copy of the result evidencing his victory at the APC Primary Election for Abia Central Senatorial District. 

However, party sources alleges that the primary in which he participated in was inconclusive and that Hon Emeka Atuma emerged victorious in the rescheduled primary election, thus his name was submitted to INEC


Atuma had earlier contested the party’s Governorship Primary Election for the 2023 General Election but lost.


However, Onuigbo seeks the court to nullify the substitution of his name with that of  Atuma’s  for the Senate. Also joined as co-defendants were APC and INEC.


The women, who turned out in their
numbers at Obi-Ibere, the venue for the meeting, in Ikwuano Local Government Area, prayed  God to grant Onuigbo justice.


Onuigbo, who hails from the community, is highly regarded by his constituents for offering effective representation since 2015.


Earlier, he had requested the women to pray for him to reclaim the party’s ticket for the senatorial election.


Onuigbo, represented by his Liaison Officer, Mr Abraham Osondu, told the women that it was important to notify them about his ambition to run for the Senate.


He said: “You may have heard that I contested and won the APC Senatorial Primary Election.


“The matter is now before a Federal High Court and calls for your sustained prayers until victory is mine.”


He congratulated the women, especially his wife, Chinyere, on her re-election as the President-General of Obuohia Obi-Ibere Development Union (Women Wing), along with her executive members.


In a remarks,  Mrs Onuigbo  applauded her husband for his immense support to the group since 2000.


She highlighted some of the achievements by the group under her watch.


She urged the women not to give up in their respective endeavours, in spite of the enormous challenges they faced.


The week-long annual conference ended on Saturday with march past, needle-and-thread competition, news casting and fashion parade, amongst others.