The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that its landslide victory in the Aba North/South Federal Constituency bye-election has firmly established its superiority, particularly over the All Progressives Congress (APC) not only in Abia State and the South-East geopolitical zone but also across the nation.
Giving this position in a statement issued by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary on Sunday, the main opposition party also noted that the fact that it “flogged the boastful APC and its rejected candidate” with 10,322 votes against a paltry 3,674 is a direct confirmation that the APC has no foothold in the South-East and that “its bragging of having penetrated the region is an empty hype.”
The statement added: “Indeed, our party’s resounding defeat of the APC in Aba, a major commercial and social hub and the nerve centre of the South-East, has further established the South-East as an undisputed stronghold of the PDP.
“The outcome of this election serves as a foretaste of the crushing defeat that awaits the APC in the zone, come 2023.
“Moreover, the sweeping victory by the PDP over the APC, in an area like Aba, has further shown that the people of the South-East and Nigerians in general, are no longer carried away by the lies, deceit, falsehood and empty promises of the APC, a party that has brought so much pain and anguish to our nation.
“The APC and its leaders had, in particular, held the South-East in utter disdain in their utterances, body language and actions, and as such, should not expect anything less than such a loud rejection by the people at the polls.
“Moreover, this election serves as a lesson to the APC that Nigerians are no longer ready to allow the APC to use its manipulations, violence and compromised officials to steal votes and foist its candidates on the people as they did in the 2019 general elections.”
The PDP congratulated the leaders of PDP in Abia State, particularly Governor Okezie Ikpeazu and the people of Aba North/South federal constituency “for asserting themselves in the election and urged them to remain united for the task ahead.”
It also congratulated the member-elect, Chimaobi Ebisike and urged him to hit the ground running, immediately after his swearing-in at the National Assembly, to give his people the required representation in line with the manifesto of the PDP.
Credit: Nigerian Tribune