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‘Enugu Guber: No plan to dump PDP’
BY WILLY EYA
Enugu State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed as untrue the allegation that it “might be planning to pitch its tent with the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to further its political ambition,” saying it’s the handiwork of mischief makers, who don’t wish PDP well in the state.
Reacting to the news publication in some sections of the media that most campaign posters of members of the party in the state pasted all over the Enugu metropolis had no PDP logo on them, the party through a statement signed by its State Publicity Secretary, Dr. Okey Eze, debunked the allegation, stressing that virtually all the posters produced by its aspirants in the state had the party’s logo on them, wondering where the fictitious report emanated from.
On the allegation that the consensus governorship candidates of the party, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s posters have no PDP logo on them, as an indication that the party may dump PDP for APGA, Dr. Eze dismissed the insinuation as false and misleading, stating that the said posters under reference were the handiwork of the opposition and noted that since Ugwuanyi emerged, the elements have been trying to blackmail him but have failed.
He said the numerous billboards, dotting the state in support of his candidature have all borne the PDP logo.
The party also restated its earlier clarifications that Hon. Ugwuanyi is not an anointed candidate of Governor Sullivan Chime, emphasising that he (Ugwuanyi) emerged the party’s consensus candidate through a democratic process that was duly endorsed by all the caucuses of the party in the state.
He disclosed that no amount of intimidation, blackmail, falsehood and propaganda would deter it from concentrating on the onerous assignment of delivering its candidates in the 2015 general elections.
In a similar development, 17 Local Government Area Chairmen in Enugu State under the aegis of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) have denied the allegation by supporters of Senator Ike Ekweremadu that they are planning to defect to another political party with Governor Sullivan Chime over the non-conduct of the Ward Congresses of the party on November 1, 2014.
In a statement signed by the Chairman and Secretary of ALGON, Enugu State Chapter, Hon Prince Cornelius Nnaji and Hon Cornell Onwubuya respectively, the council chairmen said that the allegation is not only unfounded but also an orchestrated attempt to divert the attention of the public and the national leadership of the party from the burning issues at hand, over the non-conduct of the Ward Congresses of the party in Enugu State on November 1, 2014.
The council chairmen stated that it is unfortunate that strangers and political hawkers who are not on ground in the state and at their various Local Government Areas in particular have chosen the path of blackmail, propaganda, deceit and falsehood, in a failed attempt to actualize their selfish political ambition.
They disclosed that there is no such plan of abandoning the PDP for another political party, adding that it is impossible for them and the state governor to leave a party they have labored tirelessly to build over the years for strangers and political jobbers.
The Chairmen maintained that it is in the overall interest of the PDP nation-wide that the national leadership of the party accept the glaring fact that no ward congress of the PDP took place in Enugu State on November 1, 2014 and further accede to the yearnings of the overwhelming majority of party members in the state for the pronouncement of a new date for the conduct of the Ward Congresses for peace to return in PDP in Enugu State.
They insisted that rather than accusing them and the Governor of planning to decamp to another Party, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his cohorts should be held responsible for all the political crises and chicanery bedeviling the party in the state, stressing that it is only when the truth is allowed to see the light of the day in the Enugu State matter and the right thing done, that the PDP national leadership will know who is truly in control of the party and indeed the goodwill of the people of the state.
The Council Chairmen reaffirmed their unalloyed support for President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Adamu Mu’azu-led National Working Committee, the State Leader of the party, Governor Sullivan Chime and Chief Ikeje Asogwa-led state leadership of the party, and reassured them of 100 percent victory for the PDP in the 2015 general elections.
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