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Wike’s G-5 To Witness Abia PDP Campaign Flag Off

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The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and his allies identified as the G-5 are set to grace the official flag-off of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign in Abia State on Thursday.

The acting publicity secretary of PDP, Abraham Amah disclosed this at a press conference on Tuesday in Umuahia.

According to Amah, the presence of the G-5 Governors at the event would be in honour of the state Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu who is one of them.

Amah who was flanked by former Secretary to State Government (SSG), Ralph Egbu and the Secretary of the PDP Campaign Council, Stanley Ojigbo, said Abia remained the stronghold of PDP in the South East.

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He said, “The Integrity G5 PDP governors namely; His Excellencies Barr. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State; Dr Samuel Ortom of Benue State; Chief Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State; Mr Seyi Makinde of Oyo State; and the host governor Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu would grace the occasion in person as a mark of respect and solidarity with their brother governor.”

Amah disclosed that the governorship candidate of the party, Uche Ikonne, his running mate, Okey Igwe and other PDP candidates in the forthcoming election would be formally unveiled.

The event is slated for the Umuahia Township Stadium.

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Amah added, “It’s an article of faith for us that they will choose the PDP that rescued them from the shackles of poverty in the past seven years despite the economic decline foisted on them by the APC government at the centre due to its inability to formulate sound economic policies for the growth and prosperity of Nigerians.”

Speaking about the rift between the G-5 and the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar, Amah said Abia PDP supports the former vice president’s presidential ambition despite the Ikpeazu’s closeness to Wike.

He, however, said that Abia needed to bargain for its interests in Atiku’s Government, hence the agitations for negotiation.

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Amah said Atiku has the capacity to lead Nigeria but also needed to negotiate with Abia on what the state stands to benefit from his eventual Government.