At first, he thought it was a  joke. But after his phone rang almost nonstop for 30 minutes, he knew something was amiss. But first he switched of his phone. He was tired of answering a question that should not be asked: “Philip why na? why are you jumping ship? Why are you abandoning people following you without getting shishi from you? Why?

“Hello? This must be a wrong number please”?

“No, it is not! Are you not Philip-D?  Are you not the SDP candidate for Ikwuano”?

“Yes, I am. But this your questions, I don’t understand. I am still very much in the race. As a matter of fact am just entering Nnonno for a consultative meeting. I mean how can I abandon a race in which I am the leading candidate?”

Dailyledger.com.ng was also nearly fooled by the fake news which swept through the social media



In an interview session, the SDP flagbearer for Ikwuano State Constituency explained that his Campaign Team investigated and traced the root of the rumour to a poster where he was promoting the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi


“So you are an Obiedient?”

“Yes, definitely. But am not a member of Labour Party. Let me add that being Obidient is not the same as being in Labour Party. Being an Obidient is a movement of Nigerians who want the best for Nigeria. We have since independence being complaining of leadership challenge, and Peter Obi has captured our imagination as the man with all the answers to Nigeria’s leadership challenge. You can see the support for him is across party lines. As a youngman, I see Peter Obi as representing the ideal leadership we need now, and designing that poster was my little way of mobilizing support for him, you know there are forces bent on stopping him”

Iroegbulam affirmed that he remains the candidate to beat in the House of Assembly election  for Ikwuano State Constituency

“The resolve of the People's Choice,Philip-D is at an all time high, he is very ready and motivated for the March 11 election. At the end of the voting, he will emerge victorious because he has the people's mandate”,  Head of his Media Team, Charles Adiezeh stated in a press statement

Adiezeh in the statement gave more insight into the campaign for Peter Obi: ”On Wednesday,  Feb 22,  2023, we held a rally across the entire Ikwuano LG encouraging our people to vote for the LP Presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi because we knew he towers heads above the other top candidates. We knew he was the most credible and had an impeccable track record of resourcefulness and integrity. It was not surprising to us that he got over 95% of the votes cast on Saturday.

‘’Nde Ikwuano, the opportunity to send for the very first time a people-oriented candidate to  the State House of Assembly is here, let us come out massively on Saturday, March 11,  2023 to likewise give ‘Philip Daniel Iroegbulam’  a massive vote of confidence because he is credible like Peter Obi;  He is resourceful, he is an achiever, he understands representation. He is a manager of resources and lastly, he is able and willing  to spread the dividends of democracy across the length and breadth of Ikwuano.

‘’He is on record as the only candidate to have toured and provided succour to some across the over 60 villages and autonomous communities here in Ikwuano.

“He has seen the peculiar needs and challenges of these Communities and by the grace of God Almighty, we will see the Philip-D positivee ffects when he gets to the House”,  Adiezeh affirmed