Chief Okey Ahiwe


Abia State Peoples Democratic Party,  PDP governorship candidate in the 2023 general elections, Chief Okey Ahiwe says his legal team would thoroughly examine and advise accordingly on the next line of action over the judgment of the Abia State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, which, in its judgment Friday, upheld the declaration of Dr. Alex Otti as the duly elected Governor of Abia State in the March 18, 2023 Governorship and House of Assembly Elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). 



Chief Ahiwe in his reaction to the Tribunal's   verdict  expressed profound appreciation to his numerous supporters, his legal team, family, friends and associates, emphasising that “there is no cause for alarm regarding the Tribunal verdict as truth and justice will ultimately triumph.”


In a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Victor C. Nwokocha, Ahiwe expressed unblemished confidence in the Judiciary and urged  his teaming supporters to remain calm and law-abiding, assuring that, following due consultations with his legal team and leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, he would keep them informed on the direction to take.