The 2023 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Ebonyi State, Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii, has declared his intention to re- contest the 2027 gubernatorial race under the platform of the PDP, saying his mandate cannot be stolen again.
Odii said he is contesting the Ebonyi State governorship position because there has not been any improvement in the lives of the people and the economy of the state.
The PDP Chieftain, who spoke to journalists after he submitted his nomination forms and was successfully screened by the PDP’s screening panel at the Legacy House, Abuja, said, ” Ebonyi State requires leadership ” at this critical time.
He claimed that since the 2023 general election, poverty has rather increased in Ebonyi despite the huge federal allocations that have accrued to the state, noting that Ebonyi urgently needs someone with the capacity for “economic and human capital development.”
Odii said, “Poverty and insecurity have continued to increase in Ebonyi State, and that is why we have decided to get it right this time.”
The politician noted that for democracy to grow, there has to be a strong opposition, noting that any opposition with constructive ideas is welcome.
He insisted that any government or society that says there should be no opposition is a dictatorship and will not be allowed in Ebonyi State.
“So we have come today to let the whole world know that ‘Anyichuks’ is now running to be the governor of Ebonyi State.
“When they are talking about ‘you are not from North, you are not from Izzi, and all that, I am from Ebonyi State, before Izzi, before Onicha local government, the day I was born, I was born as somebody from Ebonyi State. Ebonyi State is not going to be governed on the basis of clannish politics,” he said.
Odii, who expressed confidence that he will secure the PDP ticket at the primary election, also assured the PDP and his supporters that their mandate will not be stolen again in 2027.
