By CHARLES IWUOHA

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State says it has strategised and reunited ahead of the 2023 general elections.

The party has been engulfed in crisis after the primaries resulting with series of litigations which led some Chieftains and stakeholders to defect to other political parties.

Normalcy returned to the party after the Supreme Court ruling recognised Dr. Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii as the authentic governorship candidate of the party in Ebonyi state.

To ensure victory come 2023, on Thursday, a unity meeting was held at the party state secretariat in Abakaliki, across the 171 Electoral wards in the state.

The meeting was at the instance of the governorship candidate, Dr. Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii.

Speaking to newsmen shortly after the meeting, Odii said: “Yes we have to unite ourselves from the house before we talk of uniting Ebonyi State. Part of what we are going to do in the state is to create an atmosphere of unity, a unity that will foster amongst us, a unity that will see us as one people, that is what you see us doing today.

“We can’t do it without starting from the house. PDP is one family and PDP has come together, PDP is a winning party and PDP is a party to beat.

“I don’t think anybody is hanging around. We are going to have expanded stakeholders meeting soon, where you will see all the faces together and every one of them is to work for the betterment of PDP.”

On efforts to curb attacks on PDP members, especially the recent attack on Mr. Abia Onyike, he said: “What we are doing about it is that we are not relenting, we are trying to study it very well, PDP is not scared of anything or any Ebubeagu. We are to study the events and then we will approach it the way we think best and stop it.”

Earlier, the state party Chairman, Mr. Tochukwu Okorie, said the party is one, united, and stronger. He assured that the party will coast to victory come 2023 general elections.

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