The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Abia North, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa has expressed confidence that he will be reelected in 2023 after a four-year break, saying he is fully prepared for the seat.
Ohuabunwa who spoke to LEADERSHIP in an exclusive interview yesterday after the inauguration of his campaign council for the election in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, appealed for the constituents support.
The former Leader, ECOWAS Parliament said: “Since I left the Red Chamber in 2019, the district district has almost become voicelesnes and without political directionIt has taken the backseat in the political equilibrum of the state.”
He decried the rising insecurity in the district and urged the people to unite against forces behind the woes of the people, adding that urgent action is needed to rescue the zone from its deplorable condition.
Inuagurating the council later, the deputy national legal adviser of the party, Chief Okechukwu Osuoha, expressed displeasure over the state of affairs in district and urged the people to unite change the narrative.
Osuoha, therefore, expressed optimism that the former House of representative member would return to the Senate in 2023, and charged members of the council to work assiduously to actualise his ambition.
Responding on behalf of other members of the council, Chief P. C. Mba said the district had learnt in a hard way, “ the mistake of 2019”, and had resolved to send their first eleven to Abuja.
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