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By Steve Oko
Former Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika (retd.); former Director of Operations Department of State Services DSS, Chief Ray Nkemdirim, have thrown their weight behind the agitation for power shift to Isuikwuato district of Abia State come 2023.
The former COAS during a courtesy visit to the Chairman of Abia Founding Fathers Association, Elder Dr Onyike James Onyike, appealed to the various political parties in the state not to truncate the power rotation arrangement put in place by the founding fathers of the state.
Gen. Ihejirika who is a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress APC, said that the position of the founding fathers was “in tune with the letters of the Abia Charter of Equity, peace, fairness & justice”.
The former COAS appluaded Abia founding fathers for supporting power shift to Isuikwuato district come 2023 in the spirit of Abia Charter of Equity.
He described position as “a landmark decision by the Founding…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
