A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and former Executive Secretary of the National Agricultural Land Development Authority, Prince Paul Ikonne, has stated that Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, who represents Abia South Senatorial District, will not secure re-election to the Senate in 2027.
Ikonne made the assertion in a statement issued on Thursday, insisting that residents of Abia South have allegedly decided against returning Abaribe to the National Assembly after nearly two decades in office.
According to him, the senator’s long stay in the red chamber has not translated into meaningful development projects across the district.
“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 his intention to contest the senatorial seat in Abia State, also expressed confidence that the Southeast would eventually produce a president for a complete eight-year tenure after the expected re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027.
