Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has declared that there is no war between him and the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar.
Ikeazu, who stated this while chatting with some journalists at the weekend, explained that his absence during the launch of PDP presidential candidate, was unavoidable stressing that there was no war whatsoever between him and Atiku.
In his words; “There is no battle between the presidential candidate and me. He is my presidential candidate. I don’t have any other candidate.
“But, at times, when one gets to a certain point in life, and a vehicle is put down for a journey, every kid will jump at that offer. But, as a matured man, questions will be asked about the destination of the vehicle. That is the question I am asking.
“I am a South-easterner. I am an Igbo man. We have been faithful apologists of the PDP since 1999 and needed to ask a question.
“The greatest need of Nigerians today is inclusiveness. Can we be sensitive to the feelings of other people? Can I be guaranteed a country where a criminal in Sokoto is a criminal in Abia and a criminal Abia is a criminal in Zamfara?
“Can I be guaranteed a country where my son will not be brutalized, because his name is Okolie? Can I be allowed into a meeting out of respect for my capacity to make contributions in that meeting and not necessarily because I am here but because of where I come from? “There was a time in this country when the quota system was the order of the day even in admission, because if we take candidates on merit, some sections of this country may not have candidates and everybody agreed to it so, that our brothers and sisters can catch up with us.
“When did we jettison that consideration? The other name for hypocrisy is double-standard and these questions were being asked quietly and politely before some characters escalated it to the national platform.
“I was not in Abuja because I went overseas for a United Nations meeting held in New York and I just came back, which is why I couldn’t attend the launch.
“But going forward, if those questions are not answered, we will limp into the bus and see how it goes but, I thank God for the courage to ask those questions for and on behalf of Nnamdi.
“And I will end this particular question with a proverb about a chicken that found itself in the claws of a kite and the chicken continued to shout and it said ‘I am shouting not because the kite will leave me but let heaven and earth hear my voice,” Ikeazu enthused.
The Abia Governor also said that he desired to represent the people of Abia South senatorial district in the Senate in 2023 to enable him attract federal project to the zone.
