1. After consulting widely with the elders of our party as well as well meaning friends and respected elders across the country and beyond;
2. After a long and painstaking introspection on our contributions to the development of the PDP;
3. After considering the current security situation in the South East region and the need not to put anybody in harms way by a foreseeable combustive political environment, as my ambition is not worth the life of any Enugu son or daughter;
4. After considering that the things that hold us together as Ndi Enugu will ultimately outlive the treacheries of the moment;
5. After receiving assurances from the gubernatorial candidate of our party, Barr. Peter Mba, that he would integrate our “Pathway to a New Enugu State” in his programme and his assurances of the participation of everybody in his campaign team and government;
I, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, hereby formally withdraw from the 2023 gubernatorial contest in Enugu State. I congratulate Barr. Peter Mba and wish him success.
It is time to unite.
SENATOR IKE EKWEREMADU, PHD, CFR
