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PDP National Convention: Ogbonnaya seeks support from Abia lawmakers
Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State, Chief Charles Ogbonnaya, popularly known as Evulogu Ibeku, has announced his aspiration to run for the office zoned to the Southeast/Abia State by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) during the party’s forthcoming National Convention.
Chief Ogbonna made this known to Abia State Lawmakers recently when he visited the Legislators at the Abia State House of Assembly in Umuahia.
Accompanied by a former executive Chairman of Umuahia North Local Government Area, Chief Chidiebere Nwachukwu, and several others, Ogbonnaya said he was eminently qualified, as a foundation member of the PDP and a loyal servant of the party.
“Honourable Lawmakers, you all know me. I am proud that I have a name, and also proud of my stubbornness as long as it is based on the truth and the right cause. My first election was in 1987, right from the days of the Old Imo State. And since then, I have never failed an election in my unit, and I won’t fail.
“I am here to ask for your support in my quest to contest for the national office of PDP zoned to Abia State,” he said.
After reactions from the lawmakers expressing their support for the PDP chieftain’s aspiration, the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji, said everyone has got a right to aspire to whatever office through which they want to render service to the people but advised Ogbonnaya to keep consulting widely.
The Speaker also urged Ogbonnaya to remain focused on the pursuit of his ambition and not be distracted by anyone who might want to throw spanners into his works.
Thanking their hosts, Chief Chidiebere Nwachukwu said the aspirant was most qualified in terms of his intelligence and political experience to occupy any office of the PDP at the national level.
Chidiebere concluded by saying that the aspirant came to seek the support of the lawmakers because he holds them in very high esteem and also because of their value in politics and lawmaking which has led to quality legislative output, promising that Chief Ogbonnaya would not disappoint them if given the needed support.
