One of the frontline Umuahia North State Constituency House of Assembly aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State, Comrade Nnaji Obed Asiegbu has withdrawn his membership of the party siting the incidence surrounding primaries as reason.

In press release signed by Nnaji Obed Asiegbu and made available to ALL FACTS NEWSPAPER, Obed faulted how the three-man adhoc delegate names were produced in his state constituency and opinioned that PDP has disrespected Ohuhu people by their action.

READ FULL PRESS STATEMENT BELOW:

My Beloved Clan Brethren.

My sincere and humble greetings to you all. I want to sincerely apologize to Ndi Ohuhu, my supporters and well wishers for keeping you in the dark since the purported PDP State House Of Assembly Primary Election of Sunday 22nd May, 2022. As your son and brother, I promised to be engaging.

Nevertheless, it is no longer news that the People’s Democratic Party Abia State Chapter (PDP) refused to conduct the election to elect the delegates across the State. However, it is unfortunate that the Party also systematically failed to conduct the Primary Election in Umuahia North State State Constituency which is otherwise known as Ohuhu Constituency.

As a result of the above, I feel it is a big slight to my people whom I seek to represent to be maltreated and insulted by the PDP, the Party that have benefited immensely from Ndi Ohuhu.

Permit me to inform you that the Adhoc delegate list which was undemocratically written was against the principles of Democracy and in addition, the attempt to have a candidate name written by the Party without conducting a Primary election is not only illegitimate but also a very bad attempt to rubbish and disrespect Ohuhu People who are known to be critical stakeholders in Abia State. No Clan can match the investment of Ndi Ohuhu in the PDP and also considering the fact that Ohuhu remains the cradle of good governance and development in the entire country. A Clan that produced Dr MI Okpara the founding Father of Abia State must be respected.

As a democrat and understanding the implication of forceful imposition of candidate, I did not want to be imposed without participating in a well legitimate organized Primary Election. Therefore, I have since withdrawn from participating in the activities of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Abia State Chapter. I will not be part of any group of persons or organizations that will go against the Political and human right of Ndi Ohuhu to choose their Candidate through a defined political process.

As Obedient Obed, I shall remain Obedient to the civilized People of Ohuhu. My team and I shall be making public our next move. However, I am prepared to serve and I shall be on the ballot by the Grace of God come 2023.

Thank you immensely for all your prayers, phone calls and concerns.

Yours Sincerely

Nnaji Obed Asiegbu

Obedient Obed

Obedient to the People

Obedient to Serve the People.

God bless Ohuhuland

God bless Umuahia

God bless Abia State

God bless Ndigbo.