Abia Guber: Abaribe Dumps PDP Governorship Ambition, Set To Join Another Party

ABIA 2023: Senator Abaribe Picks Nomination Forms For Abia Governorship Race

by Victor Ndubuisi
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Enyinnaya Abaribe, the minority leader of the Nigerian Senate, has chosen expressions of interest and nomination papers to run for the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship ticket in the 2023 general election.

He picked up the forms at the People’s Democratic Party (PDPWadata )’s Plaza headquarters in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.

The Abia lawmaker revealed this in a statement to journalists in Umuahia, the state capital, on Thursday.

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Senator Okezie Ikpeazu, who now represents Abia South Senatorial District in Abia State, is from the state’s Obingwa local government area, which is also home to the state’s incumbent Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu.

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Abaribe stated his interest to run for Governor of Abia State in the 2023 general election in Nigeria in December 2021, according to Anaedoonline.ng.

At an event in Obingwa and Aba North Local Government Areas, the congressman revealed this while answering queries from journalists.

He revealed that he had notified the state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, of his desire to succeed him in 2023.

The Abia South senator also boasted that his gubernatorial bid is enjoying the support of party members across the seventeen local government areas of the state, and further solicited the support of the party leadership and teeming members and supporters to enable him emerge as governor to take Abia to greater heights.

According to Abaribe, “We respect constituted authority. I believe my future political ambition should be made known to my Governor who is the number one citizen in my state.

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“What I’m telling Ndi Abia is that they should expect Mmagha Ndigbo as their next Governor in 202”, he said.

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In the same vein, a former member of the Federal House of Representatives from Abia state, Nnenna Ukeje-Elendu, has picked the expression of interest and nomination forms of the Peoples Democratic Party to seek reelection into the National Assembly come 2023.

Ukeje-Elendu who recently declared her intention to return to the green chamber of the National Assembly to represent Bende federal constituency of Abia, is the daughter of a retired High Court judge, Justice Roseline Ukeje.

 

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