{"id":101061,"date":"2022-11-07T14:18:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T13:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=101061"},"modified":"2022-11-07T14:18:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T13:18:21","slug":"abia-2023-group-debunks-bishop-onuohas-adoption-as-consensus-gov-candidate-for-abia-north-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abia-2023-group-debunks-bishop-onuohas-adoption-as-consensus-gov-candidate-for-abia-north-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Abia 2023: Group debunks Bishop Onuoha&#8217;s adoption as consensus gov candidate for Abia North zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"adn ads\" data-message-id=\"#msg-f:1748822202439573652\" data-legacy-message-id=\"1845108707ba2094\">\n<div class=\"gs\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\":op\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":oo\" class=\"a3s aiL \">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">A political group in Abia North senatorial zone of Abia State under the aegis of Abia Crusaders, has debunked reports that the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Bishop Sunday Onuoha, is the consensus governorship candidate for the zone in the 2023 Abia state governorship poll.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Aside Bishop Onuoha, over five natives of the Abia North zone had emerged governorship candidates of their parties. The list includes; Prof. Gregory Ibe (APGA); Dr. Ukpai Iro Ukpai (NNPP); Chief Chibuike Jonas (ADP); Chief Mascot Uzor Kalu (APP); among others.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Chairman of the group, Chief Mbaronye Obialor, explained that the purported endorsement of Bishop Onuoha as consensus governorship candidate was done by a single individual in the person of Dr. Uduma Nnate without the consent of stakeholders of the zone and described the action as \u2018nothing but political fraud taken to ridiculous dimensions&#8217;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He disclosed that his group had embarked on extensive consultation with prominent elders and groups and discovered that the endorsement of Bishop Onuoha as consensus candidate did not have the consent of the people.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Mbaronye enjoined the people of the Abia North zone to remain calm; stressing that the elders of the zone will soon make public the consensus governorship candidate for the zone.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said; \u201cThe purported selection of Bishop Sunday Onuoha as a consensus governorship candidate for Abia North is a personal and solo concoction of Dr Uduma Nnate since it doesn&#8217;t represent the general opinions and aspirations of the peoples of the five Local Government Areas that make up the zone.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe process leading to the selection and announcement of the purported consensus candidate was lacking in transparency, probity and accountability since Dr Nnate did not get the consent of the people of Abia North.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe enjoin the stakeholders of Abia North zone in condemning this ego-centric political scam by Dr Nnate capable of promoting strife and unhealthy rivalry among the body politic, and ultimately truncating the bid to give God&#8217;s Own State the best, most equipped and sufficiently prepared candidate.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hi\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ajx\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gA gt acV\">\n<div class=\"gB xu\">\n<div class=\"ip iq\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A political group in Abia North senatorial zone of Abia State under the aegis of Abia Crusaders, has debunked reports that the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC,&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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