Ifeanyi Odii’s Choice: PDP On A 2023 Suicide Mission In Ebonyi State—APC

<h4>Ifeanyi Odii’s Choice&colon; PDP On A 2023 Suicide Mission In Ebonyi State<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the All Progressives Congress&comma; APC&comma; Ebonyi State Chapter&comma; on Friday&comma; mocked the Supreme Court declaration of Ifeanyi Odii as candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2023 governorship election&comma; in the state&comma; saying the opposition party is on a suicide mission&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to the ruling APC&comma; the Court’s action&comma; which brought Odii as the PDP gubernatorial candidate&comma; only succeeded in burying the opposition party&comma; in Ebonyi state&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Chairman of the party in the state&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Chief Stanley Okoro-Emegha<&sol;a>&comma; stated this while briefing journalists&comma; in Abakaliki&comma; on Friday morning&comma; saying Ebonyi people will vote based on the principle of equity and credibility&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;How can intelligent and ever conscious Ebonyi people allow a man who hails from almost the same local government area with the present Governor&comma; Chief David Nweze Umahi&comma; succeed him in office&quest; The people are wiser now&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The judgement of the supreme court has again vindicated His Excellency&comma; the Governor who has continuously stressed the need for Ebonyi people to choose his successor based on the principle of equity and credibility&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;While throwing his weight behind the party’s choice of Francis Nwifuru as their Governorship candidate&comma; Chief Emegha noted that APC is already cruising to landslide victory as the electorate will not cast their ballots for a candidate who shares the same zone with the incumbent Governor hence the principle of power rotation must play out during the polls&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The judgement is a nightmare and big blow to PDP stakeholders as they are seriously reaching out and begging for the chance to be carried along in the activities of my great party&comma; the APC&period; Their defection will be a tsunami in the state&period; This is why I have been saying that Ebonyi is totally an APC state&period; Nevertheless&comma; we will accept them because we cannot throw away the baby with the bathwater&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are deeply grateful because our strategy is perfectly and effectively working to our benefits&period; Anyichuk’s emergence is an added advantage to APC and Ebonyi people in general&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is indeed the turn of Ebonyi North and Right Honourable Francis Nwifuru is the incoming Governor of the people&period; The Supreme Court’s verdict of September 14th marks the final burial of the PDP in Ebonyi State&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Source&colon; Punch Newspaper<&sol;p>&NewLine;