{"id":93288,"date":"2022-03-27T19:29:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T18:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=93288"},"modified":"2022-03-27T19:29:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T18:29:47","slug":"pdp-zoning-nobody-can-exclude-me-from-contesting-winning-abia-governorship-abaribe-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/pdp-zoning-nobody-can-exclude-me-from-contesting-winning-abia-governorship-abaribe-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP zoning: Nobody can exclude me from contesting, winning Abia governorship, Abaribe warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1728477138921499007\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The minority leader in the Nigerian Senate and former Deputy governor of Abia State,\u00a0 Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has warned of the consequences of the plot to exclude him from contesting the governorship election of the state come 2023.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;\">Pointblanknews.com reported that Senator Abaribe last week purchased nomination forms for the governorship contest and has vowed to win the election.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;\">However, the leadership of the PDP in Abia State through a statement signed by<\/span>\u00a0its State Chairman, Dr Alwell Asiforo zoned the governorship seat to Abia North and Abia Central.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Reacting to the development, Senator Abaribe has warned that no person or body can exclude him from contesting and winning the 2023 elections in Abia State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;\">He said that he\u00a0<\/span>wishes to assure all Abians who are desirous of an end to imposition in the State to disregard the purported zoning for the following reasons:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;While any member of PDP has the right to support anybody for any elective position in Nigeria, it cannot be to the exclusion of any other member.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;It is obvious that the statement was merely formulated to exclude me from the contest.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;By virtue of section 42(2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended, no person or body can exclude Senator ENYINNAYA ABARIBE (Nma Agha Ndigbo) from contesting and winning the 2023 elections in Abia State.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He however urged all his supporters to remain calm and participate in the forthcoming congresses and primaries where their voice will be heard as &#8220;we dismantle the cabal that want to keep Abians subjected to further years of imposition. 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