Atiku ‘Takes Control’ Of Abia PDP As Ikonne’s Death Unsettles Gov Ikpeazu

The sudden death of Uche Ikonne, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Abia, has brought Governor Okezie Ikpeazu back to the drawing board in his quest to determine who succeeds him at the March 11 gubernatorial election in the state.

Ikonne, a professor of optometry who emerged as PDP’s Abia governorship candidate in May 2022, died of “multiple cardiac arrests” on Wednesday — exactly 45 days to the gubernatorial election.