Umahi Allows PDP Free Use Of Abakaliki Stadium For Presidential Campaign Rally

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State waived the fees and directed the Acting Chairman of the State Board of Internal Revenue not to collect any fee from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which has applied to use the stadium in Abakaliki for its January 26 presidential campaign rally.

This is was sequel to the approval granted by Governor Umahi of the state in a statement issued in Abakaliki on Saturday night by Mr Chooks Okoh, Governor’s media aide.

Atiku will hold his campaign rally in the stadium in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi state on Thursday, January 26

Umahi also directed the Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development to grant the party unhindered access to the facility.

Umahi, however appealed to the All Progressives Congress, to move its campaign scheduled to hold in the facility same day to another venue to make space for PDP.

He also notified the State Commissioner of Police of the event, directing that as the Chief Security Officer of the State, adequate security should be provided to the party.

The governor had earlier approved the facility for the Labour Party’s Presidential Rally which is yet to be held in the state.

Umahi is an All Progressives Congress APC governor.

“The PDP in a letter addressed to the Governor, titled: “Notice of Presidential Rally of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ebonyi State” dated 20th Jan. 2023, had requested the use of Pa Ngele Oruta Township stadium.

It accepted to pay the prescribed fees in line with the operative Executive Order in the state, but the state governor waved it off for the PDP.