2023: My Opponents are jittery over my emergence as Ebonyi PDP Guber candidate—–Odii
From Chinedu Nwafor Abakaliki
The governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party(PDP) in Ebonyi State, Dr Ifeanyichukwu Odii, says some political opponents have become jittery over his emergence as the 2023 Governorship candidate of PDP in the State.
This is even as he said that efforts were on going to reconcile with aggrieved party members ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Odii disclosed this in Abakaliki while speaking with journalists shortly after a crucial meeting with some stakeholders of PDP in the State.
He disclosed that he had been reaching out to the aggrieved party members, in order to forge a common front.
“I’m reaching out to all PDP members from house to house, contacting them and showing them the reasons to work together and reclaim Ebonyi, because it belongs to PDP.”
“Reconciling all aggrieved members of the party after the primary elections is key”, pointing out that doing so would help in achieving victory at the forthcoming elections,” he said.
Odii, also reacted to an allegation making the rounds in the state, that the Supreme Court did not rule on the main pending appeal suit that between him (Odii) and Senator Obinna Ogba, noting that the Apex Court cannot reverse itself after giving judgement on a matter.
He said the Supreme Court had affirmed him the authentic gubernatorial candidate of PDP in the state.
Odii stated: “It is our collective victory at the Supreme Court. It is a victory for Ebonyi people and a victory for all the members of the PDP family. Now, we have gotten the victory, we are going to work very hard to ensure that we win in the next general election.
“The Supreme Court is the apex court in Nigeria and I doubt that in the history of Nigeria, you can’t force a court to do otherwise, whenever they have given a judgement, there is no going back.
“It’s possible that my emergence is putting fear on some people, it’s not me saying it, but that may be the general perception.
“I’m not coming to be a governor of Ohaozara people, Onicha LGA or Izzi people, but a governor for Ebonyi State at large.”
Recall that Senator Obinna Ogba had while addressing his supporters in his campaign office in Abakaliki, last Sunday, said there was still a pending case in the Supreme Court over the ticket of the party for the governorship position in the State.
