ENUGU 2015: GOV. CHIME DENIES PLANNING TO JOIN APGA
Tectono Business Review has gathered that the faction of Enugu State chap¬ter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyal to Gov. Sullivan Chime has dismissed as untrue the allegation of planning to pitch its tent with the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to further its politi¬cal ambition.

While reacting to the news in some sections of the media that most campaign posters of members of the party in the state pasted all over the Enugu metropolis had no PDP logo on them, the party through a statement signed by its State Publicity Secretary, Dr. Okey Eze, debunked the allegation, stressing that virtually all the posters produced by its aspirants in the state had the party’s logo on them, wondering where the fictitious report emanated from.

Countering the allegation that the consensus governorship candidates of the party, Hon. Ifeanyi Ug¬wuanyi’s posters have no PDP logo on them, as an indication that the party may dump PDP for APGA, Dr. Eze dismissed the insinuation as false and misleading, stating that the said posters under reference were the handiwork of the opposition and noted that since Hon. Ugwuanyi emerged, the elements have been trying to blackmail him but have failed. According to him, the numerous billboards, dotting the state in support of his candidature have all borne the PDP logo.

The party also reiterated its earlier clarifications that Hon. Ugwuanyi is not an anointed candidate of Gov¬ernor Sullivan Chime, emphasising that he (Ugwuanyi) emerged the party’s consensus candidate through a democratic process that was duly endorsed by all the caucuses of the party in the state.

Tectono Business Review equally gathered that 17 Local Government Area Chairmen in Enugu State under the aegis of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) have denied the allegation by supporters of Senator Ike Ekweremadu that they are planning to defect to another political party with Governor Sul¬livan Chime over the non-conduct of the Ward Congresses of the party on November 1, 2014.

In a statement signed by the Chairman and Secretary of AL¬GON, Enugu State Chapter, Hon Prince Cornelius Nnaji and Hon Cornell Onwubuya respectively, the council chairmen said that the allegation is not only unfounded but also an orchestrated attempt to divert the attention of the public and the national leadership of the party from the burning issues at hand, over the non-conduct of the Ward Con¬gresses of the party in Enugu State on November 1, 2014.

The council chairmen stated that it is unfortunate that strangers and political hawkers who are not on ground in the state and at their various Local Government Areas in particular have chosen the path of blackmail, propaganda, deceit and falsehood, in a failed attempt to actu¬alize their selfish political ambition.

They disclosed that there is no such plan of abandoning the PDP for another political party, adding that it is impossible for them and the state governor to leave a party they have labored tirelessly to build over the years for strangers and political jobbers.

The Chairmen maintained that it is in the overall interest of the PDP nation-wide that the national leadership of the party accept the glaring fact that no ward congress of the PDP took place in Enugu State on November 1, 2014 and further accede to the yearnings of the overwhelming majority of party members in the state for the pronouncement of a new date for the conduct of the Ward Congresses for peace to return in PDP in Enugu State.

They insisted that rather than accusing them and the Governor of planning to decamp to another Party, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his cohorts should be held responsible for all the political crises and chica¬nery bedeviling the party in the state, stressing that it is only when the truth is allowed to see the light of the day in the Enugu State matter and the right thing done, that the PDP national leadership will know who is truly in control of the party and indeed the goodwill of the people of the state.

The Council Chairmen reaffirmed their unalloyed support for President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Adamu Mu’azu-led National Working Committee, the State Lead¬er of the party, Governor Sullivan Chime and Chief Ikeje Asogwa-led state leadership of the party, and reassured them of 100 percent vic¬tory for the PDP in the 2015 general elections.

From: http://tectono..com/

OP I wondered why his boy's Posters were replaced with the ones without party logo. Some one week plus now every poster of Ugwuanyi in Enugu were horridly replaced with new ones that had no logo - it got everyone whispering. I even heard he could not afford the bill APGA were demanding. Anyway he was at the Senatorial Screening of the PDP.

Chime should join APGA to pursue his political dreams and continue with the good works he is doing for his people.

ChimaAdeoye:
Chime should join APGA to pursue his political dreams and continue with the good works he is doing for his people.

You are absolutely right. By my own calculation, Gov. Chime want his defection to APGA to be his PLAN B if the national working committee of PDP approves the fictitious congress held by Ike Ekweremadu's faction.

sitting down and watching

No be small thing