By Henry Okonkwo

Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial aspirant in Abia State for the 2015 general elections, Sir Friday Nwanozie Nwosu, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police over an alleged threat to his life.
In a three-paragraph petition made available to Saturday Sun, Nwosu claimed that he gathered that Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, the former governor, Theodore Orji, now a Senator and Honourable Chinedu Orji, son of the former governor and a member of Abia State House of Assembly; one Ekpe Ekpe, aka Trigger and others have hatched a plot to assassinate him.
The petition dated June 12, 2017 and entitled, “Threat To My Life and Application For Police Security”, Nwosu said that he got the information that he’s been marked down for assassination following his challenge of the candidacy of the present governor of the state, Dr. Ikpeazu.
He said: “I am asking the court to disqualify Governor Okezie Ikpazu, as the governorship candidate of PDP and declare me as the lawful PDP governorship candidate and therefore the duly elected governor of Abia State in the 2015 general election on grounds that Governor Ikpeazu falsified his documents and gave false information on oath.
“I have been in court since January 2015 and even the Supreme Court. The apex court has now referred the matter back to the Court of Appeal for determination of the case on merit.
“As soon as the Supreme Court referred my case back to the Court of Appeal on May 22, 2017, Governor Okezie Ikpazu, former Governor Orji and Honourable Chinedu Orji, one Ekpe Ekpe, aka Trigger and others plotted to assassinate me with the said Ekpe Ekpe as leader of the killer gang”, Nwosu alleged.
Nwosu further alleged that on of June 6, the above mentioned people and others held a meeting in the home of Senator Orji at Asokoro, Abuja where the plans to assassinate him were perfected. “Since then, they have been telling anybody who cared to listen that I won’t live to tell the story of this court matter I am pursuing.”

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