{"id":102557,"date":"2023-01-17T16:35:46","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T15:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=102557"},"modified":"2023-01-17T16:35:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T15:35:46","slug":"our-guber-candidate-is-ill-says-abia-governor-okezie-ikpeazu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/our-guber-candidate-is-ill-says-abia-governor-okezie-ikpeazu\/","title":{"rendered":"Our guber candidate is ill, says Abia governor, Okezie Ikpeazu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, on Monday confirmed that the Peoples Democratic Party\u2019s (PDP) Governorship Candidate, Prof. Uche Ikonne, was ill..<\/p>\n<p>Ikpeazu who confirmed Professor Ikone\u2019s ill heath in a local radio programme\u00a0however, said that Ikonne was \u201crecovering gradually and progressively\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Ikonne attended some rallies organised by the PDP in Abia, including the November 24, 2022 launch of the party\u2019s state-wide campaign at the Umuahia Township Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>He further said that Ikonne left the stadium for a gala night, organised in honour of the G-5 Governors in his (Ikpeazu) Umuobiakwa country home in Obingwa, \u201cwhere he managed to give a speech and then he took ill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unfortunate that he is lately indisposed but I want to report some progress and the progress is that Ikonne is recovering gradually and progressively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has left the hospital and is going through convalescence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am sure that he will be strong enough in the future to join,\u201d the governor said.<\/p>\n<p>Ikpeazu urged residents of the state to keep hope alive, assuring them that Ikonne would soon bounce back.<\/p>\n<p>He contended that his absence from the political space this time \u201cwill not define the progress of the campaigns or agenda of PDP in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt might be the wish of detractors that Ikonne\u2019s absence will linger,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He recalled that when he was ill himself, \u201cpermutations changed and people were allocating positions to themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure they even appropriated my wife to themselves,\u201d the governor said.<\/p>\n<p>Speculations about Ikonne\u2019s health challenge became rife, following his sudden disappearance from public arena, including PDP events.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ikpeazu has assured the people that no other party had the capacity to displace PDP in the state.<\/p>\n<p>He said the \u201cPDP is very very powerful\u201d in Abia and that no other party compared with it in terms of strength.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cSome of them may have supporters in one or two local governments but they cannot put 100 people each across Abia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also spoke about some of the achievements of his administration, including the expansion of business opportunities in Aba and socio-political stability in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Ikpeazu, who is the Senatorial Candidate for Abia South, promised to replicate his achievements in the Senate, if given the mandate.<\/p>\n<p>He is up in the race against the incumbent, Sen. 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