Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has moved to check the rising popularity of APGA governorship candidate for the 2023 General Elections, Professor Greg Ibe as the eviction notice served on the governorship hopeful's campaigns office has been traced to directives from the governor

Dailyledger.com.ng reports that the Secretary to the State Government, Mr  Chris Ezem, in a letter directed the estate firm,  Trademore International Holding Limited which rented office space to Prof Ibe to throw him out of the building alleging that he  converted the rented office to party Secretariat.


The company’s legal representative, Nwoke John Kalu making clarifications on the matter in Umuahia,  asserted  that their client, Prof.  Ibe rented the left wing of their property – Ogwumabiri Event Centre located along Bank Road, Umuahia for his Foundation’s office and not for political party Secretariat, as contained in the Tenancy agreement between him and the company.


  Kalu said upon receiving the letter from the government,  the Company investigated the allegation and discovered with dismay that their client has converted the property to All Progressives Grand Alliance State Secretariat without authorization, thereby going contrary to the provision of Clause 4 and 8 of the Tenancy agreement, which also made the company give Prof. Ibe a notice to vacate the event centre, if he refused to revert back to original terms of the Tenancy agreement.


Kalu made it clear that the company will not forcefully eject their client from the property, since he (Prof. Ibe) has approached the Court, praying that the Company be restrained from evicting them from the left wing of Trademore Ogwumabiri event centre, which he rented on or about the 1st day of July, 2022 pending the institution and the hearing of the substantive suit.


The legal representative of the Company who went down memory lane to recall the challenges faced by the Company even after genuinely acquiring the land with Certificate of Occupancy, therefore insisted that the Company will follow due process while carrying out its action no matter the pressure.