By CHARLES IWUOHA

The interim leadership of Action People's Party (APP), Imo State Chapter, has dismissed in its entirety a reckless and falsehood publication suggesting that the party's gubernatorial aspirant, Dr. Chima Matthew Amadi may bury his ambition for Senate come 2027 election.

APP described as reckless and patently false a recent story in this regard by a local tabloid.

The party stated that Chima Matthew Amadi is committed to his gubernatorial ambition and has no plans to join the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

In a statement issued on Wednesday by the party's state Publicity Secretary, Cajetan Duke, said that “the entire report is a complete fabrication, maliciously conceived and mischievously disseminated by individuals and groups visibly unsettled by the unprecedented wave of support and enthusiasm gathering behind Chima Matthew Amadi across every corner of Imo State.”

According to the statement, “This concocted narrative is nothing more than the desperate imagination of opponents who have become increasingly alarmed by the unstoppable momentum of the movement.

"For the records, Mazi Chima Matthew Amadi’s commitment to contest the 2027 governorship election on the platform of the Action People's Party (APP) remains absolute, unshakable and irreversible. There is no truth whatsoever to claims that he intends to abandon his people-endorsed mission or defect to any other political party, let alone ADC.

"For far too long, Imo State has groaned under the weight of failed leadership, systematic diversion of local government funds, total breakdown of rural infrastructure, hospitals stripped bare of essential drugs and equipment, public schools reduced to dilapidated shells, and erratic policy summersaults that have deepened poverty and despair.

"Mazi Chima Amadi has pledged — and continues to pledge — to decisively end this era of betrayal and usher in transparent, accountable and genuinely people-centred governance that puts the welfare of every Imo citizen first.

"His longstanding record of selfless community service through The Mazi Organisation (TMO), coupled with his proven success as an entrepreneur and creator of sustainable opportunities, demonstrates beyond doubt that he possesses both the vision and the proven capacity to deliver real, measurable transformation.”

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