Ebonyi Elections: APC Candidates, Others Step Down For PDP

Governor David Umahi’s re-election bid received a boost on Tuesday when 26 opposition candidates stepped down for him.

Also,
two All Progressives Congress (APC) State House of Assembly candidates
at the event also announced that they were stepping down for opposition
PDP candidates.

Okorie Ogbonnaya of the Advanced Allied Party
(AAP), who spoke on behalf of the governorship candidates, said their
decision was to allow for continuity.

“After critically
appraising the developmental stride of Governor Umahi and in perfect
agreement that he has done well in his first term and will do more in
the second term, we the underlisted political parties hereby resolve
without any form of force to step down for Governor David Umahi and
adopt him as our sole candidate for the governorship election,” he said.

They
said their decision would enable the governor to complete his eight
years term as enshrined in the Ebonyi ‘charter of equity’ ”which
stipulated that each senatorial zone should have two uninterrupted terms
in office.”

The candidates also resolved that they will not go
to court in the event that Mr Umahi is re-elected in Saturday’s
governorship election.

“But we shall fight for justice and stand
by the people of the state in the case of obvious alleged planned
manipulation of the election by the APC,” they said

Also
speaking, the APC House of Assembly candidate for Ezza South
Constituency, Amechi Nweke, said he was stepping down ”in support of the
developmental strides of the governor”.

The South East Vice
Chairman of the PDP, Austin Umahi; State Deputy Governor, Kelechi Igwe;
State PDP Chairman, Onyekachi Nwebonyi and other leaders of the party
were on hand to welcome the politicians to the party

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