Big lie! Abia PDP distances self from rumoured impeachment of Ikpeazu

The Peoples Democratic Party in Abia State has denied any plan to impeach the incumbent governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, because the PDP lost the just concluded governorship election in the state.

The Abia PDP Vice Chairman/acting State Publicity Secretary, Elder Abraham Amah, in a statement on Saturday there “is no iota of truth in the impeachment rumour.”

He added that the rumour was a wild imagination of detractors , adding that Ikpeazu had not committed any impeachable offence that would warrant members of the Abia State House of Assembly impeaching him in about two months to the end of his service to the people of Abia State.

The statement reads, “The attention of the Abia PDP has been drawn to rumours making the rounds on social media that members of the Abia State House of Assembly are making plans to impeach the Abia State governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu because the PDP lost the just concluded governorship election.

“The PDP has held meetings with its members in the Abia State House of Assembly, as well as members of the opposition Party and there is no iota of truth in the impeachment rumours.

“The rumours are just the wild imaginations of rumour mongers and detractors who are bent on destroying the peaceful legacy that Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has built in his eight-year tenure as the governor of Abia State.

“The impeachment is a hoax because the governor has not committed any impeachable offence that will warrant members of the Abia State House of Assembly impeaching him in about two months to the end of his meritorious and peaceful service to the good people of Abia State.

“It is on record that Dr Okezie Ikpeazu as the governor of Abia State in the past eight years did his best within the circumstances he found himself and Abia State. At last count, he is leaving Abia more peaceful than he met it eight years ago and anybody who is sincere to himself will attest to this extant truth.

“As a man of peace that he is, Governor Ikpeazu quickly congratulated the winner of the Abia governorship election Dr. Alex Otti and offered to provide him with a smooth transition that will enable him to hit the ground running once he is sworn into office.

“Such an exemplary display of political sportsmanship is very rare in our polity and Dr Okezie Ikpeazu deserves the commendations of all and not rumours that put him in a bad light.

“The Abia PDP calls on the good people of Abia to disregard the impeachment rumour because it is false and has no bearing with the immediate duties and preoccupation of members of the hallowed legislative chamber who are working day and night for a seamless transfer of power from one government to another.

“We also call on those behind the unfounded rumour to stop dissipating their creative energies chasing and pushing out imaginary news items to cause disaffection between the government and the people.  What all well-meaning Abians should do now is to look for ways to support the incoming government to succeed.”