Abia State Governorship Election Has Gone Ritual, As Coffin Was Spotted At A Junction In Aba This Morning

This is what Nigeria and Abia state politics has turned to in this day and age. Abia state residents woke up to find this coffin at a popular junction in the commercial city of Aba. The coffin had an inscription warning them not to vote against the PDP governorship candidate Dr Okezie Ikeazu in the upcoming Saturday re-run election in the state or risk death. 

Meanwhile Abia State PDP governorship candidate Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has dissociated himself from the incident. Find his press release below; 

''The attention of Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for Abia State, has been drawn to the  ugly incident witnessed in Aba this morning, where caskets are being dropped at various places in Aba, with a threat that those who will not vote for Dr. Ikpeazu and the PDP in the Saturday's supplementary election will die.

Dr Okezie is by this means dissociating himself from such dastardly act, and also inform Abians and the general public that such is the handiwork of the opposition who have shown their desperations in various ways since the beginning of the governorship CONTEST. 

Dr. Okezie is however assuring Aba people who have always supported him not to be deterred by the intimidation from Alex Otti and his party, APGA, urging Ndi Aba and Abians in the wards and polling units where the supplementary election will hold on Saturday to come out and vote him as they did on April 11.

Dr. Ikpeazu is also urging the Aba business community to go about their lawful business without any fear of molestations. 

Signed:

ENYINNAYA APPOLOS 

Personal Assistant to

Dr Okezie Ikpeazu