Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has withdrawn from the Abia governorship primary elections of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, scheduled for Wednesday, May 25.
The Senate Minority Leader disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, titled – ‘Notice of Non-Participation in the Abia PDP Gubernatorial Primaries’.
Abaribe 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 he was opting out of the exercise.
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“Accordingly, I Senator Enyinnaya Harcourt Abaribe will not be part of this charade.
“I am therefore not participating in 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,” Abaribe declared.
In a related development, former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, also announced his withdrawal from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial primaries.
The Director-General, Ikeoha Campaign Organisation, Mr Charles Asogwa, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu.