Chinedu Nwafor,Abakaliki
The 2023 PDP gubernatorial candidate in Ebonyi State, Chief Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii has emerged again as the Party’s 2027 governorship candidate in a primary election conducted across the 13 local government areas of the state on Tuesday.
Odii emerged as a consensus candidate for the party during the primary election that was monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Chairman of the governorship primary electoral committee in Ebonyi, Dr. Lekon Rotimi declared Odii the winner at the party’s collation center in Abakaliki, the state capital on Tuesday evening.
Lekon said Odii polled a total of 8,281 to emerge the consensus candidate of the party during the primary.
“I am glad to announce that from the 13 local government areas of the state, we have a total vote of 8,281 for the sole and only candidate of the PDP.
“So, after careful and carefully collating all the results and careful verification of all the results that emanated from all the local governments like I stated earlier is a total of 8,281 votes. I, the returning officer for this election hereby declare the outcome of this election as such and I congratulate the winner.
“I therefore declare and return Dr. Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii as the winner of this governorship primary”, he said.
Chairman of the party in the state, Chukwuma Igwe described the exercise as very peaceful.
“We have carried out all our primaries by consensus because PDP is a very peaceful family in Ebonyi State and everything we do, we do it to show others the way to go.
“We are always leading the way and everybody knows that PDP is where we are and we all know the direction we are going . Very soon, you will see the moving train . The time of locusts is over.
“In today’s election, we have carried out our primary. We have emanated from the ward and that’s why we are coming out late from the ward to the local government areas”, Igwe stated.
Addressing the mammoth crowd at the collation center after the declaration of the result, the governorship candidate, Chief Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii who lauded the peaceful and successful conduct of the primary, urged the party members and supporters to enthrone what he called governance in the state.
Our Correspondent reports that Odii is of the PDP faction loyal to the FCT Minister, Nyesome Wike.