CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO HON. CHIMAOBI SAM ATU ON HIS LANDSLIDE PRIMARY ELECTION VICTORY By: Comr Nweke Solomon Ebuka (Prime minister)

Yesterday, May 16, 2026, I watched with a heart full of joy as history was reaffirmed in Enugu North and South Federal Constituency. Hon. Chimaobi Sam Atu, our beloved City Rep, won the APC primary election with over 30,000 votes from all 26 political wards.

But this is not just a news story to me. This is personal.

I am not writing as a journalist or a neutral observer. I am writing as Comr. Nweke Solomon Chukwuebuka—a student leader, a son of this constituency, and a direct beneficiary of the kindness and vision of Hon. Chimaobi Sam Atu.

I have seen leadership from close range. I have watched Hon. Atu when the cameras were off, when there were no crowds to impress, when the only audience was the need in front of him. And I can say without hesitation: this man is different.

He is the reason students at IMT Enugu now walk under solar lights instead of shadows of fear.

He is the reason over 500 indigent students, including many I know personally, sat for WAEC because their fees were paid.

He is the reason four secondary schools in our constituency now have smart mobile science laboratories—ending the cruel joke of "alternative to practical."

He is the reason Coal Camp Primary School, built in 1924 and left to crumble, now stands again as a place of learning, not a place of danger.

He is the reason over 150 youths are running their own businesses in chemical production.

He is the reason over 100 youths are now certified in renewable energy.

He is the reason I and 29 others received brand-new HP laptops and training in digital skills and AI.

I am not just a spectator to these achievements. I am a witness. And because I have witnessed, I am forever grateful.

Hon. Atu does not measure a man by the map he was born on or the god he kneels to. He measures him by the content of his character and the sincerity of his step.

He once said: "In my house, there are no strangers—except those I have not yet welcomed."

I have watched him live those words. He visits the Hausa community during Ramadan, fasts and prays with them, and supplies their needs abundantly. He distributes fertilizer to farmers across all 26 wards—regardless of political party. He does not build bridges to visit; he builds them because he refuses to acknowledge that the water was ever meant to divide the land.

That is the man I admire. That is the leader I respect. That is the mentor I follow.

Hon. Chimaobi Sam Atu, you have my personal word—not as a student leader, but as a man who owes you a debt that cannot be repaid with words alone.

Come rain, come shine, I will stand with you.

Not because you asked me to. Not because of any political calculation. But because you have shown me that leadership can be noble, that power can be kind, and that a first-term lawmaker can outperform those who sat for decades.

You have turned stones of insult into stepping stones. You have opened the eyes of this constituency to what governance truly means. And you have made me proud to call Enugu North and South my home.

As you move toward the 2027 general election, I pray that God will continue to strengthen you, guide you, and protect you. May your vision for our constituency continue to expand. May your detractors be silenced by your results. And may you go from this primary victory to an even greater triumph at the polls.

Congratulations, my City Rep. Congratulations, my Mentor. Congratulations, my Boss

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✍️ Comr. Nweke Solomon Chukwuebuka (Prime Minister)

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