Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State says his deputy, Ude Oko-Chukwu failed to consult him over his 2023 governoship ambition.
The Governor who spoke in an Exclusive interview on “Nigeria now with Dickson Iroegbu” in Abuja, said Ude Oko-Chukwu became too ambitious to succeed him.
In his words “My Deputy didn’t tell me he wanted to replace me, he didn’t consult me, he had gone everywhere before they advised him to talk to his Governor, when he finally came, I told him he has come a bit late, mind you, I am the only Governor in Abia State that has ran almost 8years with his Deputy”
“He became very ambitious and refused to consult me, I don’t have any place in my heart to harbour bitterness, otherwise I would have done what I should do, everybody knows what a person in my position can do to a recalcitrant Deputy, but I don’t think that is a way to go.”
On his emergence as the Senatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of Abia South Senatorial District, Governor Ikpeazu said the Senate was never a retirement place for former Governors but another place of Service.
“My people in Abia South needs somebody that can plunge them to the center and see how we can leverage policies at the Federal level and complement policies at the State level,” he concluded.
