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2027 polls: Ezza Ezekuna leaders endorse PDP’s Odii
The Ezza Ezekuna Leaders Council has endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ebonyi State, Chief Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii, for the 2027 election.
According to them, his candidacy provides the shortest pathway to an Ezza particular person turning into governor of the state.
In a communiqué signed by its leaders, Chima Ikechukwu, Ekuma Onyebuchi, Chief Ifeanyi Ojeogu, Idris Oken, Igwe Chikaodiri, , Obasi Emmanuel, Enyiukpor Emmanuel and different leaders, the council expressed help for Odii’s selection of an illustrious Ezza son, Patrick Nworu Mgbebu, as his working mate, describing the nomination as a important alternative for the Ezza individuals to safe a place in the state’s government management.
The council, which represents Ezza Ezekuna communities throughout Ebonyi State and in the diaspora, stated the endorsement was knowledgeable by the want to tackle what it described as the longstanding marginalisation of Ezza individuals in strategic political positions since the creation of the state.
It recalled the contributions of outstanding Ezza leaders, together with Senator Dr Offia Nwali, Chief Innocent Ugo Chima, HRH Ezeogo Samuel Onyeka Mgbada, Chief Sam Okohu and Chief Felix Mgbada, amongst others, to the wrestle for the creation of Ebonyi State, lamenting that such sacrifices had not translated into commensurate illustration at the highest ranges of governance.
According to the council, no Ezza indigene has occupied the workplaces of governor, deputy governor or federal minister since the creation of the state, nor acquired an ambassadorial appointment, a state of affairs it stated underscores the want for a extra inclusive political association.
It argued that Odii’s emergence as the PDP candidate and the nomination of Mgbebu as his working mate introduced an alternative to advance the political aspirations of Ezza individuals, notably in opposition to the uncertainty surrounding the political association forward of 2031.
The council additional recalled that Odii had demonstrated dedication to Ezza political inclusion in 2023 by his nomination of Distinguished Senator Paulinus Igwe Nwagu as working mate, describing his newest selection of Mgbebu as one other indication of his recognition of the Ezza individuals’s place in the state’s political growth.
It additionally expressed confidence in Mgbebu’s capability to serve as deputy governor, citing his earlier expertise as a commissioner of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and member of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly representing Ezza North-East, alongside his background in legislation and political science.
The council known as on Ezza sons and daughters, conventional rulers, political leaders, professionals, enterprise individuals, ladies, youths and these in the diaspora to unite behind the PDP ticket, insisting that the group’s political aspirations should be pursued by peaceable, lawful and democratic participation.
It cautioned in opposition to misinformation, intimidation, divisive rhetoric and what it described as empty political propaganda, urging its individuals to place their collective future above private pursuits and partisan concerns.
The communiqué maintained that supporting Odii did not quantity to hostility in direction of different political events or communities, stressing that the Ezza individuals’s quest for political inclusion ought to not come at the expense of the rights and aspirations of different teams in Ebonyi State.
It additionally known as for sustained engagement on the Charter of Equity, insisting that any political association in the state ought to assure equity, mutual respect and equal alternatives for all constituent communities.
The council, nonetheless, declared that the 2027 election introduced a important alternative for Ezza individuals to advance their long-standing governorship aspiration, warning that abandoning the Odii-led ticket may delay the group’s quest for the state’s highest political workplace.
It urged its members throughout the state and past to mobilise help for Odii’s victory, expressing the hope that his emergence as governor would create a pathway for an Ezza indigene to succeed him at the finish of his tenure.
The communiqué concluded that the future of Ebonyi State ought to be constructed on the ideas of equity, inclusion and collective progress, including that the Ezza individuals sought recognition of their contributions and a honest alternative to take part in the management of the state.
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