- The countdown has begun on who will replace Professor Uchenna Ikonne as the Abia PDP governorship candidate
- Ikonne, a former vice chancellor of the Abia State University, passed on recently, forcing the PDP to organise another primary election
- So far, there are five leading candidates in the race to replace Ikonne and all is now set for the nerve-racking exercise
Umuahia – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) recently released the timetable for a fresh governorship primary in Abia state.
The decision of the NWC to hold the fresh primary followed the death of the party’s governorship candidate in Abia state, Professor Uchenna Ikonne.