Diaspora Group Supports Ikpeazu’s Governorship Ambition in Abia

As the Saturday’s governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections approach, a group of Ngwa and Ukwa indigenes in the United States has thrown its weight behind the emergence of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Dr. Victor Okezie Ikpeazu, as the next governor of Abia State.

The non-profit organisation, Ngwa United Alliance (NUA), said their support stemmed from Ikpeazu’s track record of performance and competence, adding that he is better prepared for the task of governing the 23-year-old state than other contestants.

Addressing the people of Ngwa and Ukwa extraction in Atlanta, Georgia, US at the weekend, NUA’s Chairman, Dr. Obinna Ubani-Ebere, who thanked Abians for voting massively for PDP candidates during the March 28 presidential and National Assembly elections, solicited same bloc votes for Ikpeazu, whom he described as a “well-educated and highly accomplished Ngwa man.

He added that the governorship hopeful whose heart truly lies in the equal development of state, would be elected governor of the state next Saturday.

Ubani-Ebere, in a statement made available to THISDAY, pointed out that no Ngwa or Ukwa person has presided over the state since its creation from the old Imo State by the General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida administration on August 27, 1991 despite constituting about 60 per cent of the total population.

While stating that the time has come to right the ‘injustice’ of the past by voting for the PDP standard bearer as the next chief executive of the state, the NUA helmsman further reeled out the numeric strength of his people, disclosing that the Ngwa-Ukwa axis controls seven of the 17 local councils in the state.

Ubani-Ebere added that: “Ikpeazu has promised to modernise Aba, the heart of the state, and to ensure that its citizens and residents enjoy the full dividends of democracy.”