Ondo guber: Judiciary will decide PDP’s fate – Gov Ikpeazu

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has said the fate of the Peoples Dem­ocratic Party (PDP) in the Ondo State gover­norship primary will be determined by the judi­ciary.

The governor, how­ever, affirmed the party’s confidence in the ability of the judiciary to re­verse the alleged injus­tice done to the party’s candidate, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, in its case at the Appeal Court.

Ikpeazu spoke in Ado Ekiti on Monday dur­ing a visit to his Ekiti State counterpart, Ayo Fayose, to felicitate with him on his 56th birth­day.

He praised Fayose for giving the state in­frastructural face lift in spite of the economic recession raging across the country, saying “It takes a man with pas­sion and love for the people to be doing this at this time and under this harsh economic situation”.

Speaking against the substitution of Jegede’s name with that of Mr Jimoh Ibrahim, Ikpeazu added that the whole country understands clearly the problem con­fronting PDP in Ondo as having political un­dertone, exuding confi­dence that all the crisis will be resolved by the judiciary.

“The politics in Ondo State is an issue that is clear to all Nigeri­ans. But no matter the underlining politics involved, I have confi­dence in the judiciary that it will rise to the oc­casion and save the issue from degenerating into crisis”, he said.