BY DAPO AKINREFON

UMUAHIA—Spokesman of the Senate, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has formally declared to contest the governorship of Abia State in 2015.

Abaribe, who is a former Deputy Governor of the state, told party officials at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, secretariat in Umuahia at the weekend, that he was heeding the overwhelming entreaty from across the political spectrum of Abia to come and consolidate on the already laid developmental foundation.

Abaribe told the PDP  officials that he was at the party secretariat to declare that he would contest for the governorship of Abia State come 2015.
He said: “I am here to formally tell you that I, Enyinnaya Harcourt Abaribe, will contest for the office of governor of Abia State in 2015. I have consulted widely. I have been to Abia North, Central and South. I have consulted the party elders and stakeholders.”