Court ruling on Ebonyi PDP crisis: It’s not over, Sen Ogba assures supporters

From Chinedu Nwafor, Abakaliki

The Senator Representing Ebonyi Central Senatorial zone, Chief Obinna Ogba, said contrary to the insinuation in some quarters, that the recent ruling of the Supreme Court on September,14, 2022, has dashed his hope to fly Governorship flag of the PDP in Ebonyi State, he still have a pending appeal at the supreme court and very optimistic that he would come out victorious 

Messrs Ogba and Odii have been enmeshed in a legal tussle over who is the authentic candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2023 governorship election in Ebonyi State.

Ogba who stated this while addressing  his supporters at his campaign office along Ezza road Abakaliki, on Sunday, urged them to keep hope alive.

Ogba said: “My reason of calling for this meeting is to thank all of you for your support, for your solidarity, to my humble self; and I want to assure you that you will not be disappointed.

“Let me tell you, anything God does not know, does not happen, and it does not exist. My message is very simple: if it is the wish of God that I will be there, nobody can take it away.

“What has happened is a very simple thing, we have two cases in the Supreme court, one has been decided and it’s not in our favor, we still have one in the court.

“But what is important is that as of today, the three Senatorial candidates, the six House of Reps candidates and the 24 House of Assembly candidates are my group.

“As it stands now, time is no longer on their side, they can no longer appeal, I am not a desperate politician, if it pleases God that the second appeal did not favor me, I will be happy because all the Senate, House of Representatives, and the House of Assembly candidates are mine.

“I belong to the common people and the hope of a common man is the judiciary, I still have hope in the judiciary.”

In his remarks, the State Chairman of the PDP in the State, Mr Tochuku Okorie, who noted that the enemies had been battling to destabilize the party in the State, said their efforts would be in vain, as according to him, the PDP will take over the government of Ebonyi State, come 2023.