The Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has expressed
deep concern at the current exchange of political brickbats by politicians and
groups over who succeeds him in 2023, describing such exchanges as unnecessary,
premature and capable of distracting his administration.
This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by Sir
Onyebuchi Ememanka, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor.
According to the statement, Governor Ikpeazu told all 2023
governorship aspirants in the state that he was still in charge of Abia
Government and would not be stampeded out of office by people who want to alter
the natural order of things.
While the Governor appreciates the rights of persons and
groups to canvas their political ideas and preferences, he warned that timing
is critical in these permutations and that there could only be one Governor at
any particular time.
He assured that when the time is right, his successor will
emerge through a peaceful process of consensus and justice, involving all
interest groups in the State, reminding Abians that it is God that anoints
leaders.
The Governor added that his preoccupation was to continue to
deliver more people-oriented infrastructural projects for the people of Abia
State, strengthen trade and commerce and keep our people safe, noting that the
question of who succeeds him is definitely not what he is thinking about at the
moment.
This is because “if I start in June 2021 to think about my
successor in 2023 and begin to hold meetings on the issue, it will be difficult
for me to concentrate again and do my work”.
Governor Ikpeazu appealed to politicians “not to allow their
rhetorics about 2023 to threaten the peace and tranquillity we currently enjoy
in Abia State” and finally advised them to pray to God for life and good health
ahead of the politics of 2023 because only the living and the healthy will play
politics by that time.
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