Umunneochi monarchs give royal blessing to Ohuabunwa’s senatotrial bid
* Vow to mobilise subjects against ‘ Ruga’ promoters
* PGs reveal what ‘ll happen
By Steve Oko
The bid by Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, the Abia North candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to return to the senate in 2023, received a major boost weekend, as traditional rulers in Umunneochi Local Government Area gave their royal blessing to the project.
Wawa News Global reports that the monarchs who converged in their numbers at the palace of the paramount ruler of Isuochi, HRM Eze Gibson Ezekwesiri (Ochi 1 of Isuochi), poured out their heart-felt prayers for the success of Ohuabunwa at the forthcoming poll.
Chairman of Ndieze in Umunneochi, HRM Eze Eze Ernest Ikpo ( Ikpa 1 of Aruikpa), after representatives of the four zones in the Council took their turns to advise and pledge support for Ohuabunwa, directed that the monarchs should pour their sincere royal blessings on him.
Speaking earlier, HRM Eze J. E Ogoke ( Leruanya 1 of Leru), declared that the monarchs would not give support to anyone who brought ‘Ruga’ to Umunneochi.
Eze Ogoke decried the horrifying experiences of his subjects in the hands of bandits on the prowl in the area while those who should speak for the people kept mute.
He vowed that the royal fathers would mobilise their subjects to quash the senatorial ambition of anyone promoting Muslim-Muslim ticket but complacent over the menacing activities of bandits and festering insecurity in the area.
The monarch regretted that those who should be speaking for Abia North had abandoned the people to their fate in the face of the troubling security challenges.
He said that any leader who abandoned Abia North when it counted most should not be expected to be rewarded with a fresh mandate in 2023.
According to him, Abia North will send somebody with their interest at heart to the red chamber to give the zone quality representation.
He, however, advised the PDP to be vigilant against vote hackers, warning that those desperate to hold on to power might have hatched plans to hack the polls.
The royal fathers were in unison that Abia North is not for sale and will never again be made object of caricature or comic relief at the hallowed red chamber.
Traditional rulers who spoke at the event decried the menace of Kidnapping for ransom perpetrated by bandits in the area.
Speaking during a separate audience with President Generals of Town Unions in the Council, the Chairman of Association of Town Unions in Abia, Umunneochi LGA, Chief Lawson Okafor from Umuchieze, expressed regret at the failure of the the Federal Government to address insecurity in the area.
He said that those who did nothing to protest their local communites against attacks by bandits should not bother to ask for their votes in 2023.
The PG assured Ohuabunwa of massive support of the people in the 2023 polls to rescue Abia North from captivity.
Wawa News Global reports that other Speakers including former Chairman of PDP, Abia State, Chief Ndidi Okere; and former Commissioner, Chima Mgbeke, vowed that Abia North would never allow the ‘mistake of 2019’ again in the zone.
They recalled that Umunneochi had always voted massively for Ohuabunwa, and assured him of landslide victory in the Council in 2023.
We ‘ve commenced helicopter ariel surveillance in Umunneochi – lawmaker
Meanwhile, the nember representing Umunneochi state constituency at the Abia State House of Assembly, Hon. Okey Igwe, has disclosed that ariel surveillance with helicopter has commenced in Umunneochi area as part of measures to curb the spate of insecurity in the area.
The lawmaker who is the deputy governorship candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, made the disclosure in his remarks at the event.
He said that the State Government had also donated patrol vans that now patrols communities in the area.
The lawmaker who said that insecurity in the area had started to subside, vowed that criminals would not be allowed any breathing space in any part of Umunneochi.
He urged the people to vote against the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, for its failure of curb insecurity in the country particularly in Abia North.
Hon. Igwe alleged that Abia North had been poorly represented at the senate since 2019, and urged the people to vote massively for Ohuabunwa to give the zone a better representation in 2023.
Addressing the monarchs, Sen. Ohuabunwa who represented Abia North in the eight senate said he heeded the call to return to the Senate because Abia North had become a comic relief at the red chamber.
He promised to restore the dignity of Abia North which had been badly battered due to poor representation.
Ohuabunwa who also expressed worry over the rising insecurity in the zone regretted that those who should speak up for the people had rather decided to be aloof and champion strange cause without any bearing on the people.
He solicited the support of Umunneochi people, promising to give Abia North quality representation if returned to the Senate.
Ohuabunwa enjoined all progressives and true sons and daughters of Abia North to jettison party sentiments and join forces with him and rescue the zone in 2023.
The former Leader ECOWAS Parliament was accompanied on the visit by the PDP House of Representatives candidate for Isuikwuato/Umunneochi federal consituency, Lovet Orji; Umunneochi state constituency candidate, Fabian Nwankwo; and a retinue of other supporters including Princely kingsley Ngunu, Dr Isaac Nkole and Chief Felix Ukpabi.
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