PDP crisis alters political calculations (2)
on september 18, 2013 at 3:19 pm in politics
Chris Uba
By VINCENT UJUMADU
Observers believe that for Uba to win the election, he
must work with the Emeakayi group who controls the
grassroots of the party as could be seen in his recent
outing before the controversial governorship
primaries of the party.
For instance, the group has all the ward and local
government officials, as well as all the candidates for
the postponed local government election.
What happened in 2010 when the party forced the
former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN,
Professor Charles Soludo on the state as the PDP
candidate is still fresh in people’s minds and a repeat
of such would be a mistake too many for PDP.
Already, most
of the people
who were with
Chief Chris Uba
in his hey days
as the political
godfather in
the state have
abandoned
him for other
political
parties. One of
them, Dr.
Emeka Eze, is
presently the running mate of Chief Ifeanyi Ubah,
while many others are mobilizing for the LP
candidate.
One of them wondered recently how Chris Uba would
achieve his objective in the November election since
those of them who were actually doing the
abracadabra during the past elections have deserted
the family.
For APGA, the wounds inflicted on the party during
the leadership crisis between the national chairman,
Chief Victor Umeh and Chief Maxi Okwu have not
been properly healed. Okwu is still feeling left out
and that was why he flew a kite recently by saying
that his group had nominated one of those screened
out by the party, Dr. Chike Obidigbo, as his candidate
for the election.
No further action has however been taken either by
him or his candidate since he made the nomination
in Awka a fortnight ago, fueling speculation that he
may have decided to bury the hatchet.
However, some of the some who were in either sides
of the divide during the crisis became victims of the
resolution of the crisis and some of them finally
decided to decamp to other political parties.
Also, some of those who lost at the party primaries
simply vamoosed and have not been responding to
the overtures being made to them by Chief Willy
Obiano who won the ticket.
Unless something is done urgently, the subdued
acrimony may cost the party some votes in some
parts of the state.
In APC, there is a lot of manipulation going on and
unless the situation is handled with utmost care, the
lid may soon blow open with its attendant
consequences.
For instance, a former governorship aspirant, Senator
Annie Okonkwo and deputy national chairman of
APC, who appointed his cronies as officials of the
party in the state, is no longer getting the support
from many members of the party, including the
governorship candidate, Senator Chris Ngige.
With the haphazard manner in which the state
congress was held in a hotel in Awka, some members
of ANPP and CPC, the two parties that merged with
ACN to form APC, have either pulled out or are
threatening to pull out of the merger arrangement in
the state.
CPC, led by its former chairman, Prince Chuba
Ikeagwu has since left APC to join the newly formed
PDM, while the former state chairman of ANPP, Chief
Pat Orjiakor, who at one point, acted as interim state
chairman of APC, is being wooed by the
governorship candidate of Accord Party, Mr. Hygers
Igwebuike, to be his running mate in view of what
the Accord Party candidate described as his
wonderful mobilization ability.
Also, some APC members in the state are
complaining that most of the national officers of the
party were picked from Ngige’s senatorial zone,
adding that such appointments did not give the
people from the other two zones a sense of
belonging.
In addition to this is the Ezemo factor. Mr. Godwin
Ezemo, who contested with Ngige for the ticket of
APC, is still angry and it would require the
intervention of the national leadership of the party to
persuade him not to decamp to another political
party as being speculated.
It was gathered in Awka that another political party
may field Ezemo during the period of the substitution
of candidates and if that happens, the ranks of APC
would be further depleted.
Concluded
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on september 18, 2013 at 3:19 pm in politics
Chris Uba
By VINCENT UJUMADU
Observers believe that for Uba to win the election, he
must work with the Emeakayi group who controls the
grassroots of the party as could be seen in his recent
outing before the controversial governorship
primaries of the party.
For instance, the group has all the ward and local
government officials, as well as all the candidates for
the postponed local government election.
What happened in 2010 when the party forced the
former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN,
Professor Charles Soludo on the state as the PDP
candidate is still fresh in people’s minds and a repeat
of such would be a mistake too many for PDP.
Already, most
of the people
who were with
Chief Chris Uba
in his hey days
as the political
godfather in
the state have
abandoned
him for other
political
parties. One of
them, Dr.
Emeka Eze, is
presently the running mate of Chief Ifeanyi Ubah,
while many others are mobilizing for the LP
candidate.
One of them wondered recently how Chris Uba would
achieve his objective in the November election since
those of them who were actually doing the
abracadabra during the past elections have deserted
the family.
For APGA, the wounds inflicted on the party during
the leadership crisis between the national chairman,
Chief Victor Umeh and Chief Maxi Okwu have not
been properly healed. Okwu is still feeling left out
and that was why he flew a kite recently by saying
that his group had nominated one of those screened
out by the party, Dr. Chike Obidigbo, as his candidate
for the election.
No further action has however been taken either by
him or his candidate since he made the nomination
in Awka a fortnight ago, fueling speculation that he
may have decided to bury the hatchet.
However, some of the some who were in either sides
of the divide during the crisis became victims of the
resolution of the crisis and some of them finally
decided to decamp to other political parties.
Also, some of those who lost at the party primaries
simply vamoosed and have not been responding to
the overtures being made to them by Chief Willy
Obiano who won the ticket.
Unless something is done urgently, the subdued
acrimony may cost the party some votes in some
parts of the state.
In APC, there is a lot of manipulation going on and
unless the situation is handled with utmost care, the
lid may soon blow open with its attendant
consequences.
For instance, a former governorship aspirant, Senator
Annie Okonkwo and deputy national chairman of
APC, who appointed his cronies as officials of the
party in the state, is no longer getting the support
from many members of the party, including the
governorship candidate, Senator Chris Ngige.
With the haphazard manner in which the state
congress was held in a hotel in Awka, some members
of ANPP and CPC, the two parties that merged with
ACN to form APC, have either pulled out or are
threatening to pull out of the merger arrangement in
the state.
CPC, led by its former chairman, Prince Chuba
Ikeagwu has since left APC to join the newly formed
PDM, while the former state chairman of ANPP, Chief
Pat Orjiakor, who at one point, acted as interim state
chairman of APC, is being wooed by the
governorship candidate of Accord Party, Mr. Hygers
Igwebuike, to be his running mate in view of what
the Accord Party candidate described as his
wonderful mobilization ability.
Also, some APC members in the state are
complaining that most of the national officers of the
party were picked from Ngige’s senatorial zone,
adding that such appointments did not give the
people from the other two zones a sense of
belonging.
In addition to this is the Ezemo factor. Mr. Godwin
Ezemo, who contested with Ngige for the ticket of
APC, is still angry and it would require the
intervention of the national leadership of the party to
persuade him not to decamp to another political
party as being speculated.
It was gathered in Awka that another political party
may field Ezemo during the period of the substitution
of candidates and if that happens, the ranks of APC
would be further depleted.
Concluded
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