Ogah Can't be Governor, We Are Ready to Die - Abia PDP Chairman Fires

'Governor' Okezie Ikpeazu

 

The embattled 'Governor' of Abia State Okezie Ikpeazu is enjoying the profound support of his state party's chairman in the ongoing political crisis in the South-east state. The People's Democratic Party, Abia state chapter has thrown its full support behind Governor Okezie Ikpeazu in the ongoing legal tussle to retain the gubernatorial seat.

 

The leadership of the party according to NAN has described the judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which ordered that Uche Sampson Ogah be sworn in as “a r*pe of democracy" which will not stand the test of time.

This declaration was made by Johnson Onuigbo, the PDP state chairman on Thursday, June 30, at the end of the party emergency meeting in Umuahia, Abia state capital.

Onuigbo, accompanied by members of the executive committee, said the party is also aware of rumours circulating that there are plans to flood the state with military personnel.

According to him, such an invasion would trigger off anarchy, adding that the party was poised for showdown over the planned inauguration. The PDP chairman, added that the judgment and issuance of Certificate of Return to Ogah had undermined the peace and tranquillity enjoyed in the state.

He said: “Abia is not safe. I didn’t want to believe the rumour that the state will soon be invaded by the army because this is not a war zone.

“We want to inform the world that there is tension in Abia because democracy is about to be r*ped.

“As a party, we will resist any move by anybody to undermine the peace in the state.

“As a law-abiding state, the government had obtained an exparte injunction restraining the state Chief Judge or any other judges from swearing in Ogah as governor.

“We are ready for them, we are ready to die.

“If they do it, then they are inviting anarchy and confusion in the state.

“We are in a democracy so we want the world to hear and know that we are being short-changed in Abia.”

Onuigbo said the party had sent emissaries to Ogah to persuade him “to sheath his sword and allow peace to reign in Abia”, but to no avail.