Youth wing of apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has come laborious on the Deputy Nationwide Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Occasion, PDP, Dr Ibrahim Abdullahi over his verbal assault on former Enugu governor, Rt Hon Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.
Abdullahi whereas showing on Come up TV earlier within the week, mentioned Ugwuanyi’s political position had diminished in Enugu State.
He went so far as saying the previous governor had decreased himself right into a PA to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, actually carrying a bag for him, Wike.
Nonetheless, his claims didn’t go down nicely with the Ohanaeze youths, who questioned how he arrived at “such baseless assaults on Ugwuanyi’.
In a press release by the Nationwide President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, he accused Abdullahi of both struggling selective amnesia or pretending to not know Ugwuanyi’s political prowess in Enugu State.
Okwu recalled that “Rt Hon Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi as governor of Enugu State recorded the best share of votes ever witnessed within the state throughout his second time period election in 2019.
“His share of victory is a historical past that is probably not simple for anybody to interrupt within the State once more.
“That His Excellency, Rt Hon Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi is a mild man and has maintained that posture doesn’t in any method diminish his political sagacity and acceptability in Enugu State.
“Two years after leaving workplace, Ugwuanyi (Gburugburu) nonetheless stays extremely popular and far admired by the folks.
“It’s, subsequently, illogical and baseless for the PDP spokesman to say that Ugwuanyi’s affect has diminished.”
Okwu added that the anger of the PDP spokesman stems from Ugwuanyi’s defection to the APC, alongside Governor Peter Mbah.
“We all know the place his anger is coming from; the PDP is all tears for dropping such a calibre of individuals to the APC.
“However the celebration is behind its personal woes; it ought to reap what it sowed by neglecting the South-East regardless of drawing its power from the zone through the years.
“The PDP ought to cry a river, it gained’t change something. We’re solidly behind Ugwuanyi and Mbah for dumping the celebration.
“We additionally re-affirm our confidence and perception in Ugwuanyi as a frontrunner, with whom we’re nicely happy,” Okwu additional declared.
