Presidential campaign posters, “nonsensical” and “laughable” – Ihedioha

Emeka Ihedioha, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives has described posters that appeared in parts of Abuja Saturday, showing him as a Vice Presidential aspirant under the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2015 elections as “laughable” and “nonsensical”.

The posters which show Ihedioha alongside his boss, Speaker Waziri Tambuwal as President and Vice Presidential aspirants
respectively adorned major streets of Abuja weekend.

Both officials are members of the ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Mr. Tambuwal had released a statement dissociating himself from the posters and urging those behind it to know that it is
not yet time for political campaigns in the country, according to reports from Premium Times.

According to a statement by Mr. Ihedioha’s spokesperson, Oke Epia, on Sunday,“The general public is hereby urged to ignore the posters and see this incident as the
handiwork of mischief makers who are advised to find better things to do with their time and resources.

“The deputy speaker is fully focused on and committed to rebuilding the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, nationally and in Imo State where he has remained a bulwark of the ruling party since the opposition took over the reins of government at that level in 2011,” the statement said.

It also said nothing can distract the deputy speaker and other leaders of the party in Imo State from working conscientiously to dislodge the APC government in Imo State and also ensure victory for the party at the
federal level in 2015.

He assured his supporters and associates both in Imo State and all over Nigeria that no amount of mischief can stop or derail the PDP train of progress moving into Imo
with him in the driver’s seat.