Constituents commence move to recall Abaribe

A group, Abia South Senatorial Movement, has commenced
the process of recalling the Senator representing Abia South
Senatorial District, Chief Enyinnaya Abaribe, from the
senate.

The group, led by Mr. Paul Ikonne, started the process at a
meeting organised by its leaders from the six local government
areas in the senatorial zone in Aba, the commercial hub of the
state.

Ikonne, while addressing the members of ASSM, said the group,
with membership from registered political parties in the state,
came to the conclusion that Abaribe should be recalled because he
had failed the constituents that elected him.

He claimed that Abaribe had been using his position to play
opposition politics which he said was not in the interest of those
who elected him.

He said, “We are here to share the recall forms as law-abiding
citizens and we will follow due process and commence the recall of
Senator Abaribe. We will use the same PVC, which we used in voting
him into the Senate, to recall him.

“This move is not the affair of any political party because all
political parties in the zone are represented here. We will ensure
that this recall form gets to all the political units and wards in
the senatorial zone. We call on our brothers and sisters to fill
this form when they see it and we will give ourselves the next 14
days to complete the collection of signatures from various units
and wards where the votes were cast in order to compile the
signatures and forward same to the Independent National Electoral
Commission.”

A group, Abia South Senatorial Movement, has commenced
the process of recalling the Senator representing Abia South
Senatorial District, Chief Enyinnaya Abaribe, from the
senate.

The group, led by Mr. Paul Ikonne, started the process at a
meeting organised by its leaders from the six local government
areas in the senatorial zone in Aba, the commercial hub of the
state.

Ikonne, while addressing the members of ASSM, said the group,
with membership from registered political parties in the state,
came to the conclusion that Abaribe should be recalled because he
had failed the constituents that elected him.

He claimed that Abaribe had been using his position to play
opposition politics which he said was not in the interest of those
who elected him.

He said, “We are here to share the recall forms as law-abiding
citizens and we will follow due process and commence the recall of
Senator Abaribe. We will use the same PVC, which we used in voting
him into the Senate, to recall him.

“This move is not the affair of any political party because all
political parties in the zone are represented here. We will ensure
that this recall form gets to all the political units and wards in
the senatorial zone. We call on our brothers and sisters to fill
this form when they see it and we will give ourselves the next 14
days to complete the collection of signatures from various units
and wards where the votes were cast in order to compile the
signatures and forward same to the Independent National Electoral
Commission.”