Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu
and Sen. Gilbert Nnaji Chairman, Senate
Committee on Communications, have won
the PDP primary to contest the 2015
senatorial election in Enugu state.
Ekweremadu won the Enugu-West
senatorial seat after his opponent; Gov.
Sullivan Chime of Enugu State withdrew
from the race in the primary conducted in
Enugu on Sunday.
Nnaji, representing Enugu-East senatorial
zone was returned after he secured 231
votes of the 247 accredited votes.
Nnaji’s opponents in the election, former
Minister of Information, Mr Frank Nweke
(Jnr) secured two votes, Mrs Ifeoma
Nwobodo the former Chief of Staff to Gov.
Chime, came last with one vote.
Mr Nwabueze Okafor, National President,
Association of Local Government of Nigeria
(ALGON), secured three votes while Mr
Everest Nnaji got two votes.
Mr Chukwuka Utazi the former
Commissioner for Transport in the state
secured the ticket for Enugu-North
senatorial seat to replace Sen. Ayogu Eze
who is contesting the gubernatorial
election.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports
that the primary was monitored by Sen.
Anthony Manzu who led the PDP NASS
election panel and the representatives of
INEC.
Three aspirants, Nweke, Nwobodo and
Okafor were absent in the primary.
The aspirants, who sources said were
aggrieved, held parallel primary in different
parts of the senatorial zone in which they
emerged the party’s candidates.
In his remarks, Nnaji expressed gratitude
to God for the peaceful conduct of the
primary and for making it possible for him
to win.
He described his election as `a great
challenge’ and promised to redouble his
efforts to bring democratic dividends to the
people of the zone.
“I will never let you down, I will go back
and make sure I give good and quality
representation to you,’’ he said. (NAN)

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