The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ika South Local Government Area is intensifying efforts to rebuild, unite and strengthen its grassroots structure ahead of future electoral engagements, with the Chairman of the party in the local government, Senior Comrade Frank Izekor, leading a renewed charge for reconciliation and effective polling-unit mobilisation.
At a meeting of party leaders and members held today, Comrade Izekor spoke extensively on the efforts of the party leadership, particularly through the reconciliation committee, to reach out to aggrieved members, heal internal divisions and bring members back into the APC family.
According to him, the task of rebuilding the party cannot be achieved without unity.
He stressed the importance of bringing back members who may have felt aggrieved or disconnected from the party, noting that a stronger and more united APC is necessary for the party to achieve its political objectives.
Beyond reconciliation, however, the Ika South APC Chairman placed major emphasis on what could become one of the party’s strongest grassroots mobilisation strategies: individual responsibility for polling units.
Comrade Izekor charged every prominent party member and stakeholder to return to his or her respective polling unit and work actively for the success of the APC. His message was simple but powerful: every member must deliver his or her unit.
He explained that electoral victory begins from the polling unit and that when every party leader takes responsibility for winning his or her own unit, the collective result will translate into victory across the wards and ultimately across Ika South Local Government Area.
According to the Chairman, the party already has a comprehensive register covering the polling units in Ika South, with prominent members identified according to their respective units. He made it clear that the focus is not merely on wards but on the actual polling units where elections are won or lost.
He warned that party members should not abandon their individual units and later claim credit simply because their ward eventually produced a favourable result. In his view, every leader must be able to point to the result from his or her own polling unit as evidence of genuine contribution to the party’s success.
The message was equally significant when Comrade Izekor spoke about recognition and reward within the party. He indicated that polling-unit results would serve as an important measure in determining those who genuinely worked and laboured for the success of the APC.
In other words, the Chairman’s position was that commitment would not merely be measured by attendance at meetings or political prominence, but by practical results at the grassroots.
The Chairman himself used the example of his relationship with another party official from his ward, explaining that while they may belong to the same ward, each person has a separate polling unit to deliver. On election day, he said, every leader should focus on his or her own unit, and after the election, each person should be able to present the result from that unit.
This approach represents a clear call for accountability and decentralised grassroots mobilisation.
Comrade Izekor expressed confidence that the APC possesses prominent individuals and committed members who are capable of delivering strong results across Ika South. He urged members not to be intimidated by the opposition but to remain focused, organised and determined.
He also encouraged eligible members who have registered as voters to ensure they collect their Permanent Voter Cards when released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), stressing that registration alone is not enough without obtaining the voter card needed to participate in the election.
The broader message from the Ika South APC Chairman was therefore one of reconciliation, unity, responsibility and grassroots action.
First, the party must reconcile its aggrieved members and bring everyone back together. Second, party members must move beyond rhetoric and political meetings by returning to their various polling units to organise, mobilise and deliver votes.
The strategy is straightforward: win the polling units, win the wards; win the wards, win the local government.
For Senior Comrade Frank Izekor and the APC leadership in Ika South, the road to political success is increasingly being defined from the grassroots upward. The emphasis is no longer simply on who is popular at the ward or local government level, but on who can demonstrate genuine political strength and commitment at the polling unit.
With reconciliation efforts ongoing and a renewed focus on unit-by-unit mobilisation, the APC in Ika South appears determined to consolidate its internal strength and build a structure capable of delivering electoral victory.
The message from the Chairman was unmistakable:
“Go back to your unit. Mobilise your people. Work for the party. Deliver your unit.
Because, according to the new mobilisation philosophy being championed in Ika South, when every committed APC member delivers his or her polling unit, the collective victory of the party becomes inevitable.
