In a statement signed by President of the forum, Mr. Sam Onukwe and made available to newsmen at the weekend in Abuja, the APF expressed regret that nothing had been done by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) led by Adamu Mu’azu to placate aggrieved governorship aspirants, who felt cheated over the manner the party’s governorship candidate, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu emerged.
The forum declared that mere admonition by President Goodluck Jonathan that aggrieved aspirants should not dump the ruling party was not enough and noted that some of the candidates being paraded for the forthcoming general elections were not popular with the Abia electorate.
“We particularly note the situation in Abia State where there seem to be total loss of confidence in the leadership of the ruling party and particularly, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, the controversial governorship candidate of PDP, who was reportedly stoned at Aba Township Stadium and had to be quickly smuggled out of the sports facility to avert the danger to his life by the police.
“We wonder how a candidate who is so unpopular will go round the state to canvass for votes.
“It is our fear that unless urgent action is taken by the leadership of PDP at the state and the national level, the electorate may be forced to speak with their voters’ card during the election, a situation which may turn out to be unpalatable for the PDP,” the group said.
The forum further submitted that the fate of the party hangs in the balance, given what it called the credibility of candidates that had emerged on the platform of key opposition parties in the state.
The group advised the PDP NWC to take urgent steps to save the party from the dismal political loss it suffered in 2007 when it lost the Abia governorship election to the Peoples’ Progressive Alliance ( PPA) which produced the incumbent governor, Theodore Orji.
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