Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe and 2023 Abia governorship aspirant, has declared his withdrawal from the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) governorship primaries scheduled today, Wednesday, May 25, 2022.
Abaribe disclosed this in a statement, titled – ‘Notice of Non-Participation in the Abia PDP Gubernatorial Primaries’.
He cited failure to establish a level-playing field for all aspirants vying for elective offices in the state, to participate equally in the primary elections and the interferences of godfathers as a major reason why he was opting out of the exercise.
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According to the lawmaker, matters grew worse, when the party sought to use “only an imaginary 3-man Adhoc delegates” to the exclusion of the party’s statutory delegates in the primary elections, even when INEC had stated that no congress held in Abia State for that purpose.
This he says without a doubt has put the party and her candidates in a quagmire.
His statement reads; “I Senator Enyinnaya Harcourt Abaribe will not be part of this charade.
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“I am, therefore, withdrawing from the exercise, which means that I will not be part of the PDP governorship primary election that holds in Abia State on Wednesday 25th of May, 2022, as doing so would have amounted to endorsement of an illegality that is already being challenged in the courts.
“I, therefore, ask all our people, our teeming supporters and Ndigbo to remain calm, keep the faith and wait for the new direction, which will be announced very soon.
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“What is important is that the campaign to liberate Abia State would surely assume a new dimension. The time is now.
“Unfortunately, the ugly developments ignited by a rapacious ambition to maintain the wicked governance status quo of imposition and godfatherism have aborted this quest in PDP.
“The implication for our party is grave and as such has put all ongoing primary exercises on quick sand,” he said.
Abaribe had earlier revealed that the last couple of weeks have been tortuous as battles have raged in a bid to navigate the PDP away from a self-destructive path.
The former Abia deputy governor was of the opinion that what was currently being witnessed within the party in the state is a shambolic process driven by a procured court injunction.
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Meanwhile, discrete findings disclosed that Rev. Augustine Ihemere, the APGA State chairman, accompanied by other party State exco members recently paid Abaribe courtesy visit in his Obingwa country home and urged him to run on its platform.
It was even gathered that the APGA State leadership had bought N10m expression of interest and gubernatorial nomination forms for Abaribe.
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