By Paul Akalonu
Abia Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has shunned the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Atiku Abubakar during a visit to the Southeast.
Atiku who paid a courtesy visit to the Southeast stakeholders of the party in Enugu had in attendance the Governor of the host state, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the newly appointed chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees, Senator Adolphus Wabara; national secretary of the party, Senator Samuel Anyanwu; governorship candidates of the party in Abia, Enugu and Ebonyi States and some senatorial and House of representatives candidates.
While the Abia state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu was absent as the presidential candidate met with other candidates of the party in the region.
Ikpeazu, a close ally of the Rivers governor Nyesom Wike, was thought to be absent from the meeting due to unresolved issues surrounding the party’s presidential primary election.
