By Nathaniel Zaccheaus and Sunday Aborisade
The Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has said the Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party had no right to stop his ambition to contest the next year’s governorship election on the party’s platform.
Abaribe, who is representing Abia South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, stated this in a statement made available to our correspondent on Sunday in Abuja.
He was reacting to the decision of the PDP state chapter that the 2023 governorship slot had been zoned to Abia Central and Abia North Senatorial District.
The Senator in the statement which he personally signed, quoted relevant sections of the Nigeria’s Constitution to declare that nobody had the right to stop his dream of becoming the next governor of Abia State.
The statement read, “My attention has been drawn to a document signed by the Abia State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Alwell Asiforo purporting that the Abia State PDP has zoned the governorship seat to Abia North and Abia Central.
” I wish to assure all Abians who are desirous of an end to imposition in Abia State to disregard the purported zoning for the following reasons:
“While any member of PDP has the right to support anybody for any elective position in Nigeria, it cannot be to the exclusion of any other member.
“It is obvious that the statement was merely formulated to exclude me from the contest.
“By virtue of section 42(2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended, no person or body can exclude Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (Nma Agha Ndigbo) from contesting and winning the 2023 elections in Abia State.
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“All PDP members and Abia citizens are therefore urged to remain calm and participate in the forthcoming congresses and primaries where your voice will be heard.
” We will dismantle the cabal that want to keep Abians subjected to further years of imposition.
“It is only Abians that will decide who will be their Governor in 2023,” Abaribe insisted.
