{"id":192891,"date":"2022-06-02T21:29:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T20:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=192891"},"modified":"2022-06-02T21:29:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T20:29:05","slug":"ekweremadu-formally-withdraws-from-enugu-guber-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/02\/ekweremadu-formally-withdraws-from-enugu-guber-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekweremadu formally withdraws from Enugu guber race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former senate president, Ike Ekeweremadu has formally withdrawn from the Enugu governorship race.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that some media houses including WITHIN NIGERIA reported<span class=\"s1\"> how the governorship hopeful pulled out of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)<\/span>\u00a0primary election held in Enugu last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Charles Ogbo Asogwa, director-general of Ekweremadu\u2019s campaign organisation, had said the senator would imminently announce his next decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">In a statement announcing his formal withdrawal from the race on Thursday, Ekweremadu congratulated Peter Mbah who won the party\u2019s governorship ticket in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The senator said he was prepared for the governorship race and presented a roadmap of what he intends to achieve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cUnfortunately, as we were doing these, some of our compatriots were busy conspiring and planting landmines to frustrate our rescue and transformation mission. We have witnessed betrayals and a high level of ingratitude on this journey,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cI think we have fought a good fight to redefine governance in our dear state. It is time to review this journey and take a well-considered decision for the unity of our state. We have succeeded in opening the political space for greater participation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cWe have raised the consciousness of our people and opened their eyes to positive possibilities. Although these possibilities are today dimmed by fraudulent political practices, the light will never go out and we hope to rekindle the light by mentoring our youth in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/03\/jega-nigeria-can-not-develop-without-good-governance\/\">good governance<\/a>, responsible political participation, and the finest practice of democracy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cTherefore, after consulting widely with the elders of our party as well as well-meaning friends and respected elders across the country and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cAfter a long and painstaking introspection on our contributions to the development of the PDP. After considering the current security situation in the south-east region and the need not to put anybody in harm\u2019s way by a foreseeable combustive political environment, my ambition is not worth the life of any Enugu son or daughter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cAfter considering that the things that hold us together as Ndi Enugu will ultimately outlive the treacheries of the moment. After receiving assurances from the gubernatorial candidate of our party, Barr. Peter Mba, that he would integrate our \u201cPathway to a New Enugu State\u201d in his programme and his assurances of the participation of everybody in his campaign team and government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cI, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, hereby formally withdraw from the 2023 gubernatorial contest in Enugu State. I congratulate Barr. Peter Mba and wish him success.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Ekweremadu had joined the governorship race despite the zoning arrangement in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Party stakeholders had agreed to zone the governorship ticket to Enugu east after the tenure of Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the state governor, who is from Enugu north.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">But Ekweremadu kicked against it and described the zoning arrangement as a \u201ctreachery of politics\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>His position pitted him against the governor and other party stakeholders in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former senate president, Ike Ekeweremadu has formally withdrawn from the Enugu governorship race. Recall that some media houses including WITHIN NIGERIA reported how the governorship hopeful pulled out of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)\u00a0primary election held in Enugu last week. Charles Ogbo Asogwa, director-general of Ekweremadu\u2019s campaign organisation, had said the senator would imminently [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":160404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[39147,35030,17757,112],"class_list":["post-192891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-charles-ogbo","tag-enugu-guber-poll","tag-ike-ekweremadu","tag-pdp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ekweremadu formally withdraws from Enugu guber race<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A former senate president, Ike Ekeweremadu has formally withdrawn from the Enugu governorship race.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/02\/ekweremadu-formally-withdraws-from-enugu-guber-race\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ekweremadu formally withdraws from Enugu guber race\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A former senate president, Ike Ekeweremadu has formally withdrawn from the Enugu governorship race. 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