Apex Igbo Organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has reacted to the emergence of Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa as the running mate of the Party’s 2023 flag-bearer, Atiku Abubakar.

The group, in a statement made available to POLITICS NIGERIA on Thursday afternoon, disclosed that Atiku will lose the 2023 general elections for selecting Okowa.

The statement signed by Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the group’s Secretary-General, Okowa’s selection has sentenced PDP to ‘extinction’ in 2023.

It read in part; “Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide has described the nomination of Delta State Governor as the PDP running mate to Atiku Abubakar as a chaotic selection for a party not ready to win the 2023 elections.

“Ifeanyi Okowa is a minus for Atiku, as his choice will decline PDP’s fortunes in Delta and Southern Nigeria, a man who misled the Southern Governors agenda will never be trusted for the votes of Ndigbo. Igbos will never vote Atiku and Okowa”.

 

An accountant at a telecommunications company in Lagos state, Folake Abiola, has allegedly committed suicide at her residence at Osapa London, in the Lekki area of Lagos State.

 

Punch reports that the 45-year-old killed herself by drinking an insecticide at her house last Friday, May 27th.

 

She was said to have died shortly after her family members, friends and men of the Nigeria Police Force met her lying motionless.

 

Confirming the incident, her colleague who spoke on condition of anonymity said Abiola had been suffering from depression for years, adding that the news of her death was shocking. The colleague said contrary to claims online that Abiola committed suicide due to loneliness, lack of a husband, among others, the colleague said her associates knew that she had been in romantic relationships, adding that she ended them due to depression.

 

The colleague described Abiola as an angel, a conscientious accountant, and a lover of Christ, who was liberal in giving, adding that she had been saying she wanted to end it all before she took her life. She said the deceased only recently celebrated her 45th birthday and was always keeping to herself.

 

Confirming the incident to newsmen, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the police visited Abiola’s house and met her lifeless body on the floor.