Despite assertions by the PDP hierarchy that it had concluded its primaries and chosen Comrade Tony Nwoye as its gubernatorial candidate, there are fears that the party is facing increasing pressure to reverse the decision in favour of Senator Andy Uba. The pressure from interested parties it was learnt, follows suggestions from some sympathetic to Uba, that Nwoye at 38, is too young to be a governor. They are also alleging that he may not have the financial clout to fight the contest. However, those supportive of Nwoye are spoiling for a fight asserting that removing the ticket from Nwoye to Uba could spell the doom for the PDP given what they claim as the fact that Nwoye successfully fought off money bags through his activism on ground to grab the party’s ticket. Supporters of Nwoye who are mostly youths are also affirming that they have the majority of the voting population who would come out on that day to vote. Some are alleging that Senator Uba’s emergence as governorship candidate in Anambra State could become part of the deal that former President Olusegun Obasanjo could extract from President Jonathan to settle the ensuing crisis rocking the foundations of the PDP. Party elders within and outside the state are, however, calling for caution warning that dislocating the ticket could be another way of PDP losing the state.
Posted on: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 04:23:03 +0000
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