{"id":102826,"date":"2023-01-30T11:54:36","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T10:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=102826"},"modified":"2023-01-30T11:54:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T10:54:36","slug":"abia-pdp-zones-vacant-guber-seat-to-ikonnes-lg-holds-primaries-feb-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abia-pdp-zones-vacant-guber-seat-to-ikonnes-lg-holds-primaries-feb-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Abia PDP zones vacant guber seat to Ikonne\u2019s LG, holds primaries Feb 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has zoned the vacant governorship position to Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of the state following the death of the party\u2019s gubernatorial candidate, Prof. Eleazar Uche Ikonne.<\/p>\n<p>Ikonne hailed from Isiala Ngwa North LGA of Abia State.<\/p>\n<p>It would be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ordered the PDP to conduct fresh primaries within 14 days to replace Ikonne, who died on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, after a brief illness.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Abia PDP, in a statement issued by its Vice Chairman and Acting State Publicity Secretary, Hon. Elder Abraham Amah, said the party decided to zone the vacant gubernatorial seat to Ikonne\u2019s local government after a meeting held by its members on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decision was taken after a meeting of the Abia PDP State Caucus whose membership is drawn from across the state including Abia North, Ikwuano\/Umuahia, Ukwa East, and Ukwa West Local Government areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmong those present at the meeting were the State Governor, His Excellency, Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu, former governor of Abia State Senator Theodore A. Orji, the Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji and the other two senatorial candidates of the PDP, namely Senator Mao Ohuabunwa and Col. Austin Akobundu respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso present at the meeting were the Statutory members of the Abia PDP State Caucus except one who sent in an apology for his absence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe party urges members to support the decision of the party caucus and work towards a successful primary election coming up on February 4, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe party also calls on members to remain vigilant and expect more information and briefings from the Publicity Department of the Abia PDP in due course,\u201d Amah stated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/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>The Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has zoned the vacant governorship position to Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of the state following the death of&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":58941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102826","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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