45-Year Old Billionaire Wins PDP Guber Ticket In Ebonyi

A 45-year-old billionaire, Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii has been confirmed as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, flag-bearer for the Ebonyi State gubernatorial election.

Naija News reports that the business mogul polled a total of 349 votes to defeat his closest rival, Chris Usulor, who scored 9 votes.

The election took place at the party secretariat in Abakaliki, located along Abakaliki/Enugu expressway, on Sunday.

The gubernatorial committee chairman for Ebonyi State, Rotimi Olalekan declared Odii the winner of the exercise.

Olalekan said the exercise was transparent as it was done in the open. He declared “Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii as the winner of the governorship primary election that took place in the State.”

In his acceptance speech, Odii promised to reclaim the mandate of the PDP in Ebonyi State.

He also reiterated his desire keep his campaign promises and ”identify growth opportunities and allocate scarce resources for maximum returns.”

The business man hails from Onitcha Local Government Areas of Ebonyi State, in the Ebonyi South senatorial zone where the incumbent governor of the state, David Umahi, comes from.