Abia State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prof Eleazar Uchenna Ikonne has died.
In a statement signed by the son of the party’s Governorship candidate in Abia state Dr Chikezie Uche-Ikonne this Wednesday , on behalf of the family, Ikonned died at the National Hospital, Abuja at about 4 am after a brief illness.
Following this sad development the PDP is likely to hold fresh primaries in the state to determine the next flagbear for the party in Abia State.
(Editor : Ena Agbanoma)