Health Minister, Chukwu Being Dragged To Ebonyi State Governorship Contest

There are indications that the current Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu has been adopted as consensus gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2015 governorship position in Ebonyi state by stakeholders of Abakaliki political bloc, drawn from north and central senatorial zones of the state.
In a meeting which lasted for many hours in the governor’s lodge, Abakaliki, which was attended by stakeholders from the area, resolved that all sons and daughters of Ekumeyi who are interested in the position of governorship should shelve such ambition in the collective interest of the state.
The governor, Chief Martin Elechiwas said to have adopted Chukwu, after an in-depth search and therefore requested the Minister to make himself available for the governorship position in the 2015 general election as a consensus
candidate.
Confirming the adoption, the state Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Dr. Chike Onwe, said in his Facebook account that the resolutions were taken in good faith, for and on behalf of the people of Old Abakaliki zone.
Onwe noted that part of the resolution reached was that all Abakaliki people should support the power shift arrangement in the interest of peace and mutual co-existence of the various sections of the state.

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