Governor Teodore Orji of Aba State has denied endorsing ay candidate for the state’s governorship election I 2015. A press release y his Chef Press Secretary, Charles Ajunwa, stated:
“It has come to the knowledge of Abia State government about the rumour making rounds within and outside the state that His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Abia State, Chief T.A. Orji, has endorsed a governorship candidate for the 2015 election.
Government wishes to state that the said rumour is a figment of the imagination of the peddlers.”
It said the Governor as a democrat, who believes in justice and equity had at no time endorsed anyone for the 2015 governorship position.
Mr. Ajunwa asserted that as a father of the state, the Governor reserves the right to give fatherly advice to whoever comes to him. He said the governor believes that his advice will help such persons to do well politically.
It would be recalled that the Governor had on many occasions stated publicly that the choice of whoever will emerge as the party’s gubernatorial flag bearer in 2015 will be decided by all the stakeholders in the state.