Two Candidates Emerge from Parallel PDP Governorship Primaries in Enugu
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Posted On Dec 9, 2014
Two parallel governorship primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), held in Enugu state on Monday has produced two candidates for the same ticket.
Senator Ayogu Eze emerged the candidate of the faction of the PDP whose primary held at Filbon Hotel, Enugu, while Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, House Committee Chairman on Maritime, emerged the candidate of the faction that held their election at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, in Enugu.
The Senator Ayogu Eze’s faction of the party moved away from the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium to conduct a separate primary at Filbon Hotel, Enugu, following reports that the list of delegates approved by the National Working Committee of the party had been changed by the Ikeje Asogwa’s faction. The group led by a transport mogul, Evang. Samuel Onyishi, boycotted the primaries over the illegality of the delegates list.
The Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Hon. Eugene Odo who also aspired showed up at the Nnamdi Azikwe Stadium, an indication that he has aligned with the Governor Sullivan Chime’s faction.
Senator Eze won at a parallel primary conducted at Fibon with 530 votes out of 614 votes cast.
Both Onwuegbu and Onu who are close allies of Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, withdrew for Hon Ugwuanyi on the prodding of Ekweremadu.
Ugwuanyi, House Committee Chairman on Maritime is the anointed candidate of Governor Chime.
However, going by the outcome of the delegates election conducted by Elder David Aja, on November 1, 2014, which was boycotted by the Chime’s group led by Mr Ikeje Asogwa, Ekweremadu produced majority of the delegates from Enugu West Senatorial District, while Eze produced most of those from Enugu North Senatorial Zone.
However, the delegates from the Enugu East Senatorial zone owe their victories to the former Minister of Information, Mr Frank Nweke Jnr and his group including Senator Gil Nnaji.
At a news briefing presided over by the Chairman of the PDP electoral panel in charge of the primary in Enugu state, King Asarah A. Asarah, Onyishi raised concerns over the genuineness of the delegates list used in yesterday’s exercise.
Ayogu also lent credence to the illegality of the delegates list insisting that the list the electoral panel brought was different from the one the court had upheld as valid delegates from the November ward congresses in the state.
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