The strongman of Abia State politics, Prince Benjamin Apugo, has shrugged off the prospects of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ruling the state beyond 2019.
Apugo, a member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the All Progressive Congress (APC), said it will be tragic to have the PDP rule Abia State for another four years.
Apugo lamented that the nearly 20 years the affairs of the state has been in the hands of the PDP, Abia State has suffered tremendously as there is practically nothing to show for those number of years.
“If the PDP rules the state for the next four years, there will be nothing like Abia State again; people will die of malnutrition and hunger because in the past 20 years PDP has been in power, there are no good markets, infrastructure and the general things that can create wealth in the state.”
The BoT member said the only way forward is for Abians to vote out PDP in 2019, to pave the way for the needed change in the State.