2027: Ebonyi PDP guber candidate, Odii denies stepping down

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ebonyi State, Chief Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii, has dismissed insinuations in some quarters that he has backed out of the contest.
Odii said he is in the race to win the election and wipe out hunger and poverty in the state and will not step down as insinuated.
He stated this in an interview with journalists at his Isu hometown, Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, on Saturday night.
He declared that his party gave him the ticket and that he was contesting to offer a lot to the people of the state who he said are yearning for good governance.
Odii described the statement by the Minister of Works, David Umahi, ...