The media team has refuted recent reports in the media alleging that Prof Gregory Ibe, the Abia state governorship candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA is being sponsored by the current Abia state governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu.
Refuting the report headed “How Ikpeazu is funding 3 Abia governorship candidates to retain power by proxy “, Sleek Ogwo, the Head, ProGIMA-Prof Gregory Ibe Media Associates said “Our attention has been drawn to a humorous and hilarious comic piece authored by an unsuccessful burlesque writer, whose failure to secure a supplementary scriptwriting role in Nollywood has become legendary.
“Our investigation however revealed that in publishing this malicious misinformation, the misguided author ingloriously secured the sponsorship of a notorious serial election loser who apparently wants to take his losing streak to a new level by forcing himself into the forthcoming Abia governorship race, albeit through the back door, deploying an unpopular political structure”.
“The Prof Gregory Ibe Campaign Organization, ProGICO would have ignored the said publication but for the purpose of putting the records straight and as a way of puncturing the writer’s aim of misinforming, misleading and subsequently deceiving innocent Abians”.
Prof Gregory Ibe, the group said “is a globally acclaimed technocrat” and that his advent into politics in the early days of the fourth republic “was not for selfish interests but inspired by a desire to contribute to the cause of reforming and transforming the society” as well as supporting every effort to make life better for Abians.
“The allusion by the aforementioned publication that Prof Ibe is being sponsored by the PDP government of Dr Okezie Ikpeazu is not only atrocious, pernicious and mischievous but at best the lowest form of a no-brainer evil conjecture hurriedly packaged, promoted and projected by a league of frightened political dwarfs and Lilliputians in an unsuccessful attempt to freely donate a political godfather to Prof Ibe and subsequently accord credit to Dr Ikpeazu for the numerous giant strides of the focused Abia APGA Governorship Candidate in all sectors including social, educational, economical, infrastructural and political”, the group said.
They recalled that Prof Ibe resigned his membership of the PDP on 30 March 2022 after making several failed attempts to meet with Governor Ikpeazu in an effort to enlist his intervention as leader of the party “in the bid to reverse the confusing double zoning formula proposed by the party exco for the Governorship position, which was in contradiction with the letters and spirit of the content of the Abia Charter of Equity document”.
“Subsequent upon joining APGA, Prof Ibe has focused on the task of building the party to emerge strong and formidable, endowed with capacity for overwhelming victory in the 2023 general elections”, they said adding “allegation of purported sponsorship of Prof Ibe by Governor Ikpeazu is nothing but a perfect example of a wild goose chase
“Therefore such speculation can only suggest the perpetuation of anti party by Governor Ikpeazu and should be thoroughly investigated by the National Working Committee of PDP, since if realized it has the potency of handing over the state to APGA.
“The evil suggestion of an illusionary sponsorship of Prof Ibe by Governor Ikpeazu is a figment of the author’s imagination that should be ignored by every right thinking individual”, the group said.
They enjoined Abians to disregard the said publication as “the handiwork of petrified weak political underdogs who are confused and startled with public acceptance of the candidacy of Prof Ibe and the visible massive support accorded the All Progressives Grand Alliance(APGA) in Abia state”
