* Canvasses power shift to Abia North
Former President of the Senate, Adolphus Wabara, has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that it risks losing the Abia State governorship seat to another party if it fails to cedes the ticket to another zone such as Abia North or Ukwa clan..
Wabara, now Secretary of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the PDP, argued that if Ukwa clan is not considered because it belongs to Abia South senatorial zone where power currently resides, “then power should move back to Abia North where it started from in 1999”.
Wabara specifically warned that any attempt to make another Ngwa man succeed the incumbent Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, who is also an Ngwa man, will backfire on the PDP.
The former Senate President, who said he is raising the alarm because of his love for PDP, advised Abia PDP leadership not to toy with the Abia Charter of Equity and zoning arrangement, for which the party is known.
He said anything short of allowing power to come to Ukwa or rotate back to Abia North in 2023 would spell doom for the PDP.
”Zoning is an integral part of PDP. Abia PDP should learn from our national party and respect zoning.
”Our party shall not be doing the right thing at the centre and here somebody will be acting with impunity.
”No single person has the authority to decide the next governor of the State. The party caucus, elders, and stakeholders will have to meet.
“Governor Ikpeazu’s successor may be micro zoned to the Governor but that should only happen after the right thing has been done in line with the constitution of our great party which is macro zoning to Ukwa or Abia North.
”I’m saying this because of my love for our great party PDP which of course enjoys large followership in Abia. But if the PDP leadership doesn’t do the right thing, the party will get a protest vote in 2023.
“Abians will vote PDP 85% but if the governorship ticket is not ceded to Abia North in line with power rotation arrangement, there will be a protest vote.
“Abia is not ready for Ngwa back-to-back thing. What they are doing now is exactly why PDP lost Plateau State to APC in 2015. Abia North should produce Ikpeazu’s successor,” Wabara cautioned.