The Ebonyi State Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Business Development, Oguzor Offia-Nwali, has vowed to resign his appointment if the All Progressives Congress (APC) loses any polling unit in his community during the 2027 general elections.
Offia-Nwali, who made the declaration during an interview with journalists in Abakaliki on Thursday, said he was confident that the performance of Governor Francis Nwifuru's administration would translate into overwhelming electoral support for the ruling party.
The commissioner, who described the 2027 elections as an opportunity for the people to reciprocate the governor's developmental interventions, insisted that political office holders and party stakeholders must demonstrate their commitment through tangible electoral results rather than verbal endorsements.
Offia-Nwali said he had repeatedly challenged those questioning his political influence and grassroots mobilisation capacity to assess his performance through the outcome of elections at the polling-unit level.
"Let me say this publicly again: if there is any polling unit in my community that APC loses, I will resign. I have said it before, and I am repeating it here. If we fail to deliver any polling unit, I will take responsibility," he declared.
The commissioner said his political mobilisation was not restricted to securing support for individual candidates but extended to all APC candidates, from the presidential and governorship tickets to the National Assembly and state House of Assembly elections.
According to him, the party's electoral fortunes would ultimately be determined by votes secured at polling units, stressing that political sentiments, personal disagreements and public declarations of support would become irrelevant when actual election results were announced.
"Election is less than three months away. When we begin to bring out results from the polling units, nobody will know who loved a particular candidate or who did not. What matters is the result you are able to produce," he said.
Offia-Nwali further claimed that his community had recorded the highest number of newly registered voters in the constituency during the voter registration exercise in Ezza South LGA, challenging anyone with contrary figures to verify his assertion with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
He said the mobilisation drive was deliberately intensified across the communities to expand the voting population and strengthen the APC's electoral base ahead of the 2027 polls.
The commissioner attributed the enthusiasm among residents to what he described as the far-reaching interventions of the Nwifuru administration, particularly its empowerment programmes and support for young people.
He maintained that the governor had demonstrated a willingness to accommodate the needs of the people, adding that the administration's interventions had significantly improved the economic circumstances of youths in his community.
"After my late father, nobody has done for the people of Ameka in Ezza South LGA what I have been able to do through the support of this administration. Today, the average youth in the community can comfortably aspire to own a car and live a better life.
"The reason is that I have a governor who has a listening ear. When we identified what needed to be done to empower our people, he listened and supported us to achieve it," he said.
Offia-Nwali expressed confidence that the beneficiaries of the government's empowerment initiatives would reciprocate the gesture by supporting the APC and its candidates in the forthcoming elections.
He, however, cautioned against political divisions and activities capable of undermining the party's collective electoral interests, insisting that the overriding objective should be to secure victory for all APC candidates.
The commissioner also maintained that his commitment to the party's electoral success was a responsibility he was prepared to defend publicly, reiterating that his resignation pledge was not an attempt to boast but a demonstration of confidence in the administration's performance and his grassroots political structure.
He urged journalists to assess the situation through developments in the communities and the eventual electoral outcomes, rather than relying solely on political claims and counterclaims.
