Senator Joseph Obinna Ogba and Dr Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii.
From Victor Nwegede, Abakaliki.
Ebonyi State Federal Lawmaker, Senator Joseph Obinna Ogba has expressed confidence to beat his rival, Dr Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii by reclaiming his seemly doubtful gubernatorial ticket under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Supreme Court soon.
Ogba while addressing his supporters at his Abakaliki Campaign office on Sunday dropped the hint and said even though he lost the first legal battle surrounding the Ebonyi PDP gubernatorial ticket, he still has hope for the second lawsuit against his rival's claims.
He, however, enjoined his supporters not to be distracted by the recent Supreme Court judgment which nullified his gubernatorial victory during the PDP primary election in the State, saying that he still has confidence in Nigeria's Judiciary.
According to Ogba, "I want to tell you that I belong to the common people of this country and the only hope of the common men and women is the judiciary. I still have confidence and hope in Nigeria's Judiciary and so nothing has happened wrongly."
The Red Chambers Lawmaker noted that he entrusted the matter in the hands of God as what cannot be done by him as a Spiritual Father does not exist nor happen on Earth.
He maintained that if it is not the wish of God, nobody can take the gubernatorial ticket away from him, and vowed to reclaim his mandate soon.
"If it is not the wish of God, nobody will take our mandate away from us, what has happened is just simply something, we have two cases in the Supreme Court, one has been decided and it is not in our favour, we still have one to go and what is very important is that three Senatorial Candidates, six House of Representatives Candidates and twenty-four House of Assembly Candidates are in my group and I am very sure we are going to win," Ogba proposed.
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in the State, Prince Tochukwu Okorie and the embattled Deputy Speaker of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Mr Obasi Odefa hinted that the party would take over the mantle of leadership in the State come 2023 despite the crisis perpetrated by their party's opponents.
They also expressed confidence that Senator Ogba would emerge as the PDP gubernatorial candidate in the State irrespective of the crisis and urged him not to be distracted while calling his supporters to remain steadfast as all hope has not been lost.
The Leader of all the Chairmen of the PDP in the State, Barrister Friday Agbom proclaimed their total support to Senator Ogba in the legal skirmish, saying they stood on the resolution of the National Working Committee of the party, who cancelled the primary election conducted by Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii and his colleagues and thrown their weight on the primary election which produced Senator Ogba as the PDP gubernatorial candidate in the State come 2023.
