A group known as the Ukwa La Ngwa Council of Elders in Abia State has denied adopting any candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The Council has also stated it is neither an Agency of the Government of Abia State nor an extension of any political party including the PDP.
In a press release published in his Facebook page on Wednesday, the Leader and Chairman of the Council, Dr. Max Nduaguibe, said he had advised some overzealous PDP members who belong to the group not to be in a haste in adopting any one who have emerged as a candidate until the appropriate time.
The statement reads:
“UKWA LA NGWA COUNCIL OF ELDERS’ wishes to reiterate, FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, That The UKWA LA NGWA COUNCIL OF ELDERS’ is not an Agency of the Government of Abia State neither is it an extension of any political party including the PDP.
“I, Max Nduaguibe, as the promoter, leader and Chairman of Ukwa la Ngwa Council of Elders’ have continuously advised some overzealous PDP members in our midst not to be in a haste in adopting anyone of our sons who have emerged as Candidate until the appropriate time when we would have had a chat with them and studied the political atmosphere in the State. Notwithstanding my advice, some tiny group of PDP members amongst us have continuously, in the last three weeks, been pressuring me to use me as a rubber stamp, to give my imprimatur to their selfish agenda in the name, supposedly of UKWA LA NGWA COUNCIL OF ELDERS’, in order to adopt the PDP candidate prematurely.
“Upon my rejection of their plan they have now created a Platform of PDP members in order to hoodwink Abians to believe that The UKWA LA NGWA COUNCIL OF ELDERS’ has adopted the PDP Candidate. Nothing is further from the truth.
“All people of Ukwa la Ngwa extraction, and the general public, should discountenance such fraud, as there is no other Ukwa la Ngwa Council of Elders’ except the one registered and led by Max Nduaguibe. Politics in Abia State will not continue to be characterized by their stock in trade, and all manner of subterfuge always to achieve unholy agenda.”
