Senator Theodore Orji, the representative of the Abia Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly and a former governor, repeated his views on power transfer to the Abia North senatorial zone ahead of the 2023 gubernatorial election in Abia State on Tuesday.
This comes on the heels of a news item in some sectors of the media claiming that the ex-governor had been misinterpreted.
Senator Orji, who is also a PDP chieftain, reiterated his earlier declaration on Tuesday in Umuahia, the state capital, that the rotational agreement known as the “Abia Charter of Equity,” which mandated that Abia State’s governorship seat be assigned to the Abia North zone, be followed.
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In the sake of the state’s growth and development, he advised those tasked with setting the state on fire to follow the road of peace.
“My attention has been called to the news in social media platforms and handles about the gubernatorial seat in Abia State and where it is designated to,” he said.
“Let me clarify unequivocally that my previous opinion on the topic remains sacred and unmistakable.
“All those attempting to set Abia state ablaze should take the road of peace, reconsider, and maintain the tranquility we have enjoyed as God’s Own State.”
“No one’s desire or aspiration, no matter how lofty, is greater than that of Abia State,” Orji added.
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Anaedoonline.ng also recalls that the Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had announced its position on the zoning of the gubernatorial ticket ahead of the party’s primaries and main general elections in 2023.
In a communique dated and signed by the Abia chairman of the party, Allwell Asiforo Okere, and issued to newsmen in Umuahia, on Saturday, the State PDP leadership, zoned the governorship seat to Abia North and Abia Central Senatorial districts.
The Abia PDP revealed that it arrived at the decision after wide consultation with leaders, critical stakeholders, teeming members and supporters and the recently concluded tour by the PDP leadership across the seventeen local government areas in Abia State.
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