Abia youth group commends Ayu for rejecting Ikpeazu’s annointed candidate
. As christian youths push for sanction of commissioner, lawmaker over hate speech
Youths from Abia North senatorial zone, Tuesday, commended the national Chairman of PDP, Dr Iyorchia Ayu for rejecting the annointed governorship candidate of the state government, in the 2023 poll.
Dr Ayu had at the commissioning of two projects in Umuahia distanced himself and his national working committee from the said endorsement.
Instead, he directed Gov Okezie Ikpeazu to work with other stakeholders to come up with an acceptable candidate, warning that the governor should not engage in any act that will lead to PDP losing Abia state.
Abia Youths vanguard which mobilized its members to the venue to protest the self succession agenda of the Ngwa people through the imposition of an Ngwa candidate on PDP hailed Ayu for his principled position.
Chairman of the group, Comrade David Onwuneme also expressed appreciation to Ayu for warning Ikpeazu against suppression of dissenting voices.
According to the youths, their voices were heard by the national Chairman who refused to endorse the annointed candidate of Ikpeazu.
They said it was morally offensive for Ikpeazu to impose his Ngwa brother as his successor whereas it is the turn of Abia North in line with the Abia charter of Equity.
They urged Ayu to prove further into”this sinister and satanic convolution which will cost PDP Abia state except the charade is reversed”
Christian youths urge Ikpeazu to sanction officials engaged in hate speech
This is as Christian youths in Abia State have urged Gov. Ikpeazu to sanction his government appointees engaged in hate speech in the build up to the 2023 Governorship election.
They specifically called for the sack of one of Ikpeazu’s Commissioners for threatening the life of a chieftain of PDP who is opposed to the self succession agenda of the Ngwa people.
In a statement in Umuahia yesterday, the youth under the umbrella of Abia Christian Youth Assembly also deplored the use of the Holy Bible by some Government officials to threaten people who support power shift to Abia North in 2023.
In the statement signed by the Coordinator, Evangelist Julius Onwuka, the youth said they were horrified to behold a trending video where the said Commissioner and a serving member of the State House of Assembly were using the Bible to utter hate speech against Chief Charles Ogbonnaya.
” We were further scandalized to note in the same video that the man they have chosen as the Ngwa annointed candidate was there. What kind of governor will he be if he is this sectional and supportive of hate speech”, they queried.
They implored Ikpeazu to immediately sanction those threatening the lives of others for merely expressing their personal opinion that power should rotate to Abia North in line with the Abia charter of Equity.
They said it was ironical that the proponents of the self succession agenda of the Ngwa people do not tolerate opposition whereas they have continued to oppress and suppress their ukwa brothers.
” It is the height of greed for them to want to hold on to the Governorship for the next eight years while at the same time gunning for two Senate seats in exclusion of ukwa people. But our concern is that they should not set the state on fire”, they concluded.
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