Information reaching our newsroom indicated that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has forwarded the names of the Deputy President of the Senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, Senator Gilbert Nnaji and Barrister Chuka Utazi to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC as the party’s Senatorial Candidates for Enugu West, Enugu East and Enugu North respectively.
ADVOCATE NIGERIA reliably gathered Friday that the names of the party’s candidates for the National Assembly election holding in February 2015 were submitted to the electoral body Thursday night.
This has brought to an end the long wait by the people of the state for the unveiling of the authentic candidates that emerged from the parallel primaries held by the National Assembly aspirants in some of the federal constituencies.
Also submitted for the eight House of Representatives seats in the state, according to the sources, were Chime Oji (Enugu North/Enugu South), Hon. Princess Peace Nnaji (Nkanu East/Nkanu West), Hon. Kingsley Ebenyi (Enugu East/Isiuzo), Hon. Toby Okechukwu (Aninri/Awgu/Oji River), Mr. Dennis Amadi (Udi/Ezeagu), Hon. Stella Ngwu (Igboetiti/Uzo-Uwani), Engr. Ikechukwu Ugwuegede (Nsukka/Igboeze South) and Mr. Dennis Agbo (Igboeze North/Udenu).
It was learnt that some of the losers in the stiff contest for the PDP’s ticket had on Friday returned to Enugu and briefed members of their campaign organizations on the need to fight on either through the courts or on the platform of other political parties.
According to sources, two of the outgoing National Assembly members who could not secure the return tickets, have already informed their supporters of their preference for All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA and the People for Democratic Change, PDC, a major opposition party being sponsored by former Governor Chimaroke Nnamani.
Nnamani is also running for Enugu East Senatorial seat on the platform of PDC, which has since commenced serious media and grassroots mobilization of voters ahead of the February 2015 general elections.
It could not be ascertained if the former Chief of Staff to Governor Sullivan Chime, Mrs. Ifeoma Nwobodo would throw in the towel at this stage having lost the battle for PDP Enugu East senatorial district ticket to the incumbent Senator Gil Nnaji.
Members of her campaign organization declined to comment on the new development Friday even as she was said to have remained at Abuja since the conclusion of the December 7 senatorial primaries to push her ambition through but she was reportedly played out, as her parallel primary held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium similar to the one held by Frank Nweke II at his Ozalla community were rejected by the party.
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