An All Progressives Congress chieftain and former executive secretary of the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA), Prince Paul Ikonne, has explained why Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, representing the Abia South Senatorial District, will not return to the red chamber in 2027.
He disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.
According to Ikonne, Abaribe’s constituents in Abia State have resolved that he should not be re-elected in 2027, having spent almost 20 years in the Senate without any “developmental projects in the district to show for the long stay.”
“Senator Abaribe is already coming back home. This is 20 years in the Senate, and there is nothing to show for it. There is nowhere you will go and see any constituency project in the entire Abia South.
“It is interesting to note that Abia South is the engine hub of Abia State and, by extension, the Southeast because Aba is the commercial nerve centre for the Southeast. Abia South is also the oil-producing zone for Abia State. Yet there is nothing to show for it. So he is already coming back home. People are preparing to welcome him back home, and some group of people are pushing for him to be given a traditional title to take over one community in his local government,” he stated.
Ikonne, who recently declared he will run for senatorial election in Abia State, added that a full eight-year presidency will come to the southeast after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election in 2027.
