By Okey Achife

Calculations of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to retain its stranglehold on Enugu State in the forthcoming general elections was thrown into a tailspin by the mammoth crowd which turned out at the gubernatorial campaign flag-off Labour Party in Nsukka at the weekend.

Feelers from the PDP controlled government in Enugu indicate that the party hierarchy was stunned speechless by the massive acceptance of the gubernatorial candidate of Labour Party, Hon.Chijioke Edeoga, and the enormous appeal of the party at the rally to Nsukka people who are traditional PDP supporters.

According to sources from Enugu state government house, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi was in panic mode all through the period of the rally as he kept working the phones, asking questions about the large crowd at the Nsukka High School venue of the rally.

He was reported by a government house insider to have been rattled by images from the rally and immediately called for an emergency meeting of his aides and supporters. The agenda of the meeting was not immediately available to this writer, but it is speculated that the embattled governor, who is seeking the senatorial seat of Enugu North which the Nsukka zone encompasses, is strategising to slow the Labour Party momentum.

It was gathered that all efforts made by Ugwuanyi to stop the rally failed, including instructing all government controlled venues to deny Labour Party access. He was also reported to have started construction of the road leading to the Nsukka High School venue on the morning of the rally, but his contractors were chased away by the people who have turned against the poor-performing governor.

Political analysts in Enugu insist that signs that Ugwuanyi would lose his polling booth in Orba are becoming clearer and persistent. They wager that the governor who is bent on foisting himself on the people for the umpteenth time as a legislator had put up a below average performance in office and embarrassed his people in the past eight years, would be paid back in his own coin.

They reasoned however, that what had become a huge loss to the PDP has proven to be a massive gain for Chijioke Edeoga and his Labour Party. The Labour Party guber candidate is seen as Enugu’s best chance to regain respect as the mother-state of both the South East and South South.

Edeoga's popularity was fully confirmed at the Nsukka rally where the crowd hung onto every word he uttered and yearned for more.

Considering that Nsukka Zone is the largest voting block in the state, pundits are optimistic that Peter Mbah of PDP may have wasted the colossal amount of money he allegedly spent on buying over the party’s nomination.

Dismissing Mbah’s predictable silent grief over Labour Party’s Nsukka rally with an impatient wave of the hand, Chike Onyia, an Enugu based journalist said "why should Mbah cry over his imminent loss? After all, is the money he spent on buying the PDP ticket not our money? Is it not the money they stole from Enugu State?"

Not by crowd but by PVC

Even if Obi didn't win, he will get governors, senators, HOR members etc that will boost his chances in next elections.

slivertongue:
Not by crowd but by PVC

Majority of Enugu PVC holders are anti pdp

garfield1:


Majority of Enugu PVC holders are anti pdp

Very true.

XerXers:

Very true.

They are set to bury pdp

slivertongue:
Not by crowd but by PVC

And as always, as long as they are Labour Party supporters, they don’t have PVC.

But if they were APC supporters they would have PVC, Abi?

Ndi Apari!

I love this news.
Of utmost importance is making sure Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi loses his senatorial bid to Okey Ezea of LP.
Peter Obi is the next President of Nigeria.

garfield1:


They are set to bury pdp

You are saying this with a lot of enthusiasm because you feel it will be to the benefit of Tinubu but I assure you he will lose too.

Labour party will sweep the entire SE by grace of God

Penguin2:


You are saying this with a lot of enthusiasm because you feel it will be to the benefit of Tinubu but I assure you he will lose too.

I dont understand you.how did tinubu get in here? The last placectinubu expects votes is Enugu bar anambra...

Penguin2:


And as always, as long as they are Labour Party supporters, they don’t have PVC.

But if they were APC supporters they would have PVC, Abi?

Ndi Apari!

That guy is core pdp.I suspect it is fergie alternate

Penguin2:


And as always, as long as they are Labour Party supporters, they don’t have PVC.

But if they were APC supporters they would have PVC, Abi?

Ndi Apari!

I didn't say, they don't have PVC's. My point is simple: only PVC I'll count so the crowd should show up same @PU's.

garfield1:


Majority of Enugu PVC holders are anti pdp

As usual you are looking for engagement. Those against APC's misrule are busy promoting their candidates you are here trolling them. As long as they don't vote for APC life go better for them.

slivertongue:


As usual you are looking for engagement. Those against APC's misrule are busy promoting their candidates you are here trolling them. As long as they don't vote for APC life go better for them.

As long as they avoid pdp,I am ok

garfield1:


As long as they avoid pdp,I am ok

Did you realize that the thread is about LP in a PDP State? You party wasn't given a mention, not even last!!!

garfield1:


I dont understand you.how did tinubu get in here? The last placectinubu expects votes is Enugu bar anambra...

It is not about Tinubu expecting votes, it is about PDP losing votes.

Just like Obi supporters are hopeful that Kwankwaso will remain in the race to act as spoiler to both Atiku and Tinubu in the north, that’s how Tinubu supporters are so hopeful that Obi’s popularity in Southsouth and Southeast skyrockets so that Atiku will not get votes from the south.

Penguin2:


It is not about Tinubu expecting votes, it is about PDP losing votes.

Just like Obi supporters are hopeful that Kwankwaso will remain in the race to act as spoiler to both Atiku and Tinubu in the north, that’s how Tinubu supporters are so hopeful that Obi’s popularity in Southsouth and Southeast skyrockets so that Atiku will not get votes from the south.

Very true.