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From Uchenna Inya, Abakaliki
Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru has said that no one was contesting the 2027 governorship election in the state with him.
Chief Ifeanyi Odii of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will be contesting the position against the governor in the general election.
But Nwifuru said he has no rival for the election because of his performance across the 13 local government areas of the state.
He stated this in Amagu, the ancestral home of Izzi clan in Abakaliki Local Government Area, during the clan’s new yam festival grand finale on Saturday.
The governor said in 2023, he won 10 out of the 13 local government areas of the state and that in next year’s general election, he will sweep the entire local government areas.
He told the people of Izzi clan that they should not worry about the 2027 governorship election, assuring them that no one has the capacity to take away the governorship position from them which God of equity, justice and fairness gave them in 2023.
“Go and write down what I am telling you today. In 2023, we won 10 out of the 13 local government areas of the state, we won 10 local governments.
“In 2027, we will win the entire 13 local governments. This is because we have performed very well.
“In this state, people are sleeping with their two eyes closed, people are walking freely day and night without security issues.
“Secondly, there is no local government in this state that we have not done 2km road and other life-touching projects.
“These local governments have 20km roads constructed by us. In Ebonyi Local Government, we have done over 100km road projects and these roads are virgin roads, roads that have not been constructed before,” he told the mammoth crowd.
The governor urged the people of the clan to tell anyone from the clan contesting the 2027 election under opposition parties that he said no, that such a person has no right to do so.
He declared that All Progressives Congress (APC) will not lose any single position in the general election.
“No single candidate of APC from House of Assembly to the top position will fail election in Ebonyi State, no single person under the party will lose any election.
“I will not allow any single candidate of APC to lose election, I won’t. Let me say this loud and clear.
“I am the political leader in this state and I represent my party. They should do their worst! Let me see them, they should do their worst because we will win all the elections,” he boasted.
