Former Deputy President of the Senate and governorship aspirant in Enugu State, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has withdrawn from the PDP governorship primary election scheduled for today Wednesday, May 25, 2022.

The Director-General of Ikeoha Campaign Organisation, Hon. Charles Ogbo Asogwa, who broke the news in a statement urged Ekweremadu’s supporters to remain peaceful as a decision on the way forward will be communicated to them.

“We wish to inform our supporters and Nigerians that the former Deputy President of the Senate and foremost governorship aspirant in Enugu State, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, will not be participating in the PDP governorship primary election scheduled for this Wednesday, May 25, 2022.

“Meanwhile, we continue to trust God as we appreciate our teeming supporters and the good people of Enugu State for the enormous goodwill they have ceaselessly invested in the actualisation of the “Pathway to a New Enugu State”.

“We urge them to remain peaceful and be assured that we will keep them abreast of our decision on the way forward”, the statement read.