Pick neutral candidate for PDP – Group
on september 18, 2013 at 2:04 pm in politics
By VINCENT UJUMADU
A group, the PDP Forward Forum, has asked the
national leadership of the party to pick a neutral
person from those that participated in the party’s
primaries as the candidate of the party for the
November 16 if PDP hopes to take part in the
election.
In a statement in Awka yesterday, the group’s
chairman, Mr. Bertram Okonkwo described as
unfortunate a situation whereby members of the
party in Anambra State have not known their
governorship candidate two months to the election.
He said: “It is now left for the PDP to go back to the
drawing board and re-strategize on the way forward.
One of the options left to the party is to revisit the
list of its primary aspirants and pick a candidate who
appears to be neutral and unaffected in the power-
play.
“Political analysts are of the opinion that one of the
aspirants who contested but were not successful,
such as Dr. Alex Obiogbolu, Senator Emma Anosike
and Chief Ugochukwu Okeke, could be a possible
consensus candidate for the Anambra PDP.
“We believe that Ugochukwu Okeke stands tall
among all of the aspirants because he is visible on
both sides of the divide. beyond.”
Okonkwo enjoined the major players in the current
dispute to put personal interest aside and work for
the oneness and togetherness of PDP.

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