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In every family there will always be a Judas. Ogugua's opinion is simply his, personal, nothing more.

Ogugua has contested the Senate seat against Senator Ekweremmadu without success. As a hopeful, he is worried that time is passing and his chances are slimming.

Techtono, keep trying ok. Practice makes perfect. Some other day I prove to you thta running down an innocent carries with a punishment. That is what Chime is facing today cos the senator has done nothing against him but he chose to declare war boasting that he will retire this person and that.

Today we know who is retiring soonest with him calling public office prison which he said he would come out from in 6 months time. He has now seen that there is no hope.

He's is the only gov in Nigeria today with his party taken away from him. An act the senator accomplished without a single punch thrown, without even raising a voice.

Billy,
You can't read neither can you count, so surprised that a simple financial analysis will daze you. 

Listen, your chihuahua Chime is facing his nemesis little by little and we haven't seen anything yet. 

[b]At the end, he will have no place to hide in Enugu or Abuja. [/b]What of his caterwaulers? They should be peeing in their pants as the predicted day of reckoning is here. 

Saying the truth without fear or favour

Chike

Meanwhile APC rejoices...

http://dailypost.ng/2014/11/18/enugu-apc-rejoices-death-pdp-state/

Excerpts


In the words of the Enugu APC Chairman, “APC is mourning the PDP in Enugu State, PDP as a political party in Enugu State is gone.

“Gburugburu (Ugwuanyi) is looking for another platform.


And the N11billion last-minute loan...

Similarly, an APC gubernatorial aspirant in the state, Barr Okey Ezea, flayed the Enugu House of Assembly for approving the loan.

Stressing that he would not honour the loan if elected in 2015, Ezea pointed out the facility did not comply with provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act.

Hear him, “That approval is null and void and of no effect and if the banks go ahead to advance that money, they will be doing so at their own risk because the court of law may declare it null and void, and the incoming government may not be bound to repay that loan.”

More unfolding:

Elder Aja is Enugu PDP Chairman, confam and Congress held, confam

Court declares Elder Aja authentic Enugu PDP chairmanBy Emmanuel Uzodinma on November 18, 2014
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday declared Elder David Aja as the authentic Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Enugu State Chapter pending the appointment of another Chairman from the area where the immediate past Chairman of the party hails from.

This is even as the PDP has confirmed that its nationwide November 1, 2014 ward congresses to elect 3-man ad-hoc delegates, validly held in Enugu State.

The development is seen as a set-back to the Governor Sullivan Chime’s camp.


Counsel to the national leadership of the PDP, Frederick C. Olisa, stated this in an amended affidavit to override his earlier submission in a different suit in line with emerging facts.

The presiding judge, Justice E. S. Chukwu, while delivering judgment in the suit filed by Elder Aja on October 27, 2014, granted all the reliefs sought by the plaintiff.

The defendants in the suit were Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Admau Muazu, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Chief Ikeje Asogwa and Barrister Steve Oruruo.

The court declared that following the resignation of Engr. Vita Abba as the Chairman of the Enugu State Chapter of the 1st Defendant (PDP), the plaintiff as the Vice Chairman of the said Chapter, is entitled to act as Chairman of the said Chapter of the 1st defendant pending the appointment of another Chairman from the area Engr. Vita Abba hails from.”


Aja had among other reliefs asked the court to determine: “Whether having regard to the provisions of Sections 35, 45(2) and (4), and 47(5) and (6) of the Constitution of the Peoples Democratic Party 2012 (as amended), following the resignation of Engr. Vita Abba as the Chairman of the Enugu State Chapter of the 1st Defendant, the Plaintiff (who is the Vice Chairman) is entitled to act as Chairman pending the appointment of another Chairman from the area Engr. Vita Abba hails from.

“Whether having regard to the provisions of Sections 24, 35(1) and 45 of the Constitution of the Peoples Democratic Partrty 2012 (as amended), and following the resignation of Engr. Vita Abba, as the Chairman of the Enugu State Chapter of the 1st Defendant, any meeting of the State Executive Committee of the Enugu State Chapter, 1st Defendant can be validly held without the Plaintiff in his capacity as Acting Chairman, summoning the meeting on his own, or at the request of two thirds of the members of the State Executive Committee of the Enugu State Chapter of the 1st Defendant.

“Whether having regard to the provisions of sections 35(1) and 45 of the Constitution of the Peoples Democratic Party 2012 (as amended), and following the resignation of Engr. Vita Abba, as the Chairman of the Enugu State Chapter of the 1st Defendant, the Plaintiff as Acting Chairman, is the proper person to preside over meetings of the State Executive Committee of the Enugu State Chapter of the 1st Defendant for the purpose of exercising the powers of the State Executive Committee set out under the said Constitution pending the appointment of another Chairman from the area Engr. Vita Abba hails from.”

In his judgment, Justice Chukwu ordered that “the 4th Defendant (Ikeje Asogwa) is not entitled to hold himself out or perform the function of the Chairman of the Enugu State Chapter of the 1st Defendant not having been validly appointed.


He also ordered the setting aside of all acts performed by the 4th Defendant purporting to act or carry out the functions of the Chairman of the Enugu State Chapter of the party.

Meanwhile, in an amended affidavit in response to the originating summons in the case filed in a Federal High Court, Abuja, by the delegates elected at that congress, to safeguard the result of the congress, the PDP counsel, Frederick C. Olisa overrode his earlier submission and held that there was congress in Enugu State as reported by the Electoral Panel sent to conduct the congress.

He said that as of November 12, 2014 when he filed his earlier claim that there was no congress in Enugu State, he was not properly briefed partly because the report of the congress was still being compiled and analysed by the Office of the National Organising Secretary.

He explained that he was misled at the time of filing his earlier affidavit by a supervisor in the department of Organisation and Mobilization into believing that there was no congress, but who as it had turned out did not have credible information.

In a table attached to the amended affidavit showing states where congresses held to elect the ad-hoc delegates on November 1, 2014, Enugu was featured as number 19.

Titled, “Ward Congresses for 3 Ad-Hoc Delegates: Analysis of Reports/results Sheets” and signed by the National Organising Secretary, Abubakar Mustafa, the table provides the analysis of congresses in 34 states including Enugu State.

“In compliance with the timeline (time-table) for Congresses/Primaries leading to the 2015 General Elections, Ward Congresses for the election of 3 Ad-Hoc Delegates were conducted in 34 States and the FCT on Nov. 1, 2014 “, the National Organising Secretary said in the table.

The table itself is an attachment to a detailed report of the November 1, 2014 congresses addressed to the National Working Committee, NWC on November 12, 2014, giving the NWC members the benefit of information on how the elections were conducted in the 34 States featured in the report.

Sullivan Declares for Senate, Dares Jonathan
by 247UREPORTS
http://247ureports.com/sullivan-declares-for-senate-dares-jonathan/

Meanwhile, Governor Sullivan Chime was reported to have declared his resolve to run for the Senate despite the understanding reached at the peace meeting between him and Senator Ike Ekweremadu and President Jonathan.
Sources at a the Enugu West Senatorial District Zonal meeting of the PDP, which held at Awgu Local Government Council headquarters at the weekend, said the Governor who just secured an approval for an N11 billion loan explained that he had not attended the zonal meeting all the while because he wanted to make up his mind on his post-tenure future, but that he was now more revolved than ever to go into contest with the Deputy President of the Senate irrespective of whatever it would take him.
The source added: “He told the gathering, which comprised the 5 Council Chairmen under the senatorial district and some party stakeholders loyal to him, that President Jonathan had not been firm over his discussions with him and that he was free to present himself to Enugu people since Enugu belonged to Enugu people. Our Governor reminded us that he was the chief executive of the state, hence he would rather make sure the Enugu state chapter of the did not present candidates for the 2015 than allow the PDP to make use of the list of ward delegates that emerged from the November 1 ward congressses. He told us that he was not speaking to us in confidence and that whomever wished should feel free to covey his comments to the national leadership of the PDP or even the President himself”.
The governor’s hard words at the meeting have further fueled the speculations that he could indeed be on his way to another political party where his camp would slug it out with the Ekweremadu camp.
This is even as the latest posters launched by a key governorship candidate being backed by the Chime do not bear the logo of the PDP or any other party.
Grapevine has it that the governor had before now accepted not to vie for the Senate, but with a proviso that all the remaining elective positions, namely the governorship, State and National Assembly positions would be ceded to him.

By a Diaspora on Waawa on the net:

The fact that the chihuahua Sullivan chime government inherited ZERO Debt from Dr. Nnamani's government needs to be added to the discussion.  

It is a shameless act that the chime government under darkness and at few months to the end if his government is borrowing N11b and in addition getting retroactive approval for an already borrowed‎ N7b (making a total of N18b) all within 5 months to the end of his government should be condemned by all Enugu citizens. 

USA and Elumelu should be warned that such money given without due process of the law becomes a gift and it's loan status will be challenged in court. 

It is important to also know that such loans as ISPO will require payment of N2b in the first year with a VARIABLE interest of 17% ‎and more with full payments over 3 years and the worse, payment will be deducted at source which is from the monthly federal allocation. Basically the next government will have no money  to run the government. Should this be allowed? 

Guys speak up now.


Saying the truth without fear or favour

Chike

Yes, I'm back. Thought it was going to be a quiet weekend but alas, a lot happening around emperor Chime in the weekend:

-Explosion in many sections of the society following N11bn loan; opposition Part APC raises alarm that money was meant to execute election.

http://www.nigeriatell.com/news/apc-challenges-chime-over-n11billion-loansay-he-got-it-in-a-less-than-transparent-manner

Meanwhile a front-line guber aspirant PDP blows hot, saying ho-ha, that if elected, he would not repay such loans taking in a hurry by a retiring administration.

http://theadvocatengr.com/new/controversial-enugu-n11b-loan-i-will-not-repay-if-elected-governor-onu-warns/

Meanwhile N11bn loan approvals is but the tip of the ice berg as it came out that another N7bn had been collected by the governor without house approval. Now a request for retrospective approval is causing uproar but no one has awakened to the fact that it is an impeachable offence for the executive to negotiate and obtain loan without house of assembly approval.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/11/enugu-govt-house-head-showdown-alleged-illegal-n7bn-loan/

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STOP ENUGU’S N11 BILLION LOAN, GROUP TELLS CBN


November 14
15:54
2014

mej67:
Sorry Gburugburu, your godfather/godmother are already spending the allocation you are hoping on. Soon you can't pay salaries and civil servants and Enugu people will chase you out of government house.

Sorry unem

Sorry ndi Nsukka, na una turn them dey spoil.

And sorry Speaker Eugene Odo who continues to be a houseboy to Chime in the hope that he will be anointed.

Sorry to you, cos your kith and kin are waiting for you down home. Failed State Part Chairman, Vita's case shall be a small thing. Today he is a persona non grata in Nsukka for allowing himself to be a cleaning rag by Sullivan.

For the Speaker, who presided over a national shame, the chicken impeachment, it is end of the road for ye.

A speaker of Nsukka extraction, holding that post for the zone, presided over the disqualification of two illustrious Nsukka sons who had been nominated as Commissioners designate after serving out a meritorious full tenure as cabinet members, claiming it was order from above. I'm talking about Denis Agbo and Prof Willy Ugwuanyi.

Why didn't you ask tose ogas at the top to just withdraw them or withdraw entire list and issue a fresh one.

Nsukka people are waiting for you.

For allowing yourself to be Chime's bottom wipe, you shall not end well.

Sorri Speaker

And N11billion war chest voted in. A lot of action awaits...


http://theadvocatengr.com/new/enugu-assembly-secretly-approves-chimes-n11bn-loan-request/


MEMBERS of Enugu State House of Assembly Thursday held a secret sitting at the hallowed chambers, where it approved N11 billion loan requested by Governor Sullivan Chime, to enable his administration complete ongoing projects and also offset previous loan facility obtained from a new generation bank, which interest rate was jerked up astronomically.

The House in sitting passed a resolution that “this honorable House do resolve to authorize the state government to obtain loans of one billion naira and ten billion naira respectively from UBA Plc to re-finance facility from GTB and fund infrastructural projects in the state.”

Speaker of the House, Mr.   Eugene Odo, had last week adjourned sitting till December 2, which observers believed was to prevent looming impeachment against him for crossing sword with the governor, following his formal declaration to run for governorship in 2015.

However, following the news of the emergency sitting Thursday, hordes of journalists besieged the Assembly but were prevented from entering the chambers for coverage of the proceedings.

Briefing newsmen after the secret meeting, the Deputy Leader of the House who is also the Chairman of House Committee on Information, Chief John Ukuta, said: “I can assure you it (closed door) wasn’t intentional but it is within the Standing Order of the House to us usually leave our public gallery closed or open and it has nothing to do with the sensitiveness of what was actually discussed.

“It is public knowledge now and obviously the people of Enugu State should be aware of what government is doing on their behalf. We went to move a motion for Enugu State government to obtain a loan of ten billion naira. The first one billion was for an earlier loan by government.”

It's fight to finish guys!

Chime showing d real stuff he's made of, cos he who's down needs fear no fall, remember King Solomon and 2 mothers claiming a child.

In all this, it's Gburugburu that has my pity. The young dude could have done far better without the leperous hand of fake anointing in the name of consensus.

Ka anyi na egekwe nti

Enugu Chief Judge bars PDP from accepting Ward Congress results

There was another twist to the crisis rocking the Enugu State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Thursday when an Enugu High Court restrained the party from using or acting on the list or names purporting to be the list of delegates elected during the recent ward and local government congresses, pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit on the matter.

The Enugu High Court order is coming barely two weeks after an earlier order by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja that restrained the national leadership of the party from tampering with the result of the November 1, 2014 ward congresses conducted by the Elder David Aja-led State Executive Committee of the party in Enugu State.  The order is yet to be vacated.

Ruling on a suit filed by one Charles Okafor challenging the  validity of the alleged congress, the Enugu High Court presided over by the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Innocent Umezuluike, also ordered an accelerated hearing of the substantive suit, citing the urgency of the matter.

It further granted the plaintiff seven days within which to file his statement of claim and serve same on the defendant (PDP) and granted the defendant fourteen days to file its statement of defence and serve same on the plaintiff. The matter was adjourned to 8th December, 2014 for definite hearing.

It would be recalled that the Acting State Chairman of the party, Edler David Aja had said that the ward congress was conducted “peacefully” in Enugu State and proceeded to publish the names of  the three-m an delegates elected during the congresses held in 260 wards in the state.

But the Chairman of Governor Sullivan Chime faction,   Chief Ikeje Asogwa had countered the Acting Chairman’s claim, saying that the congress never held in Enugu due to the non-arrival of members of the electoral panel and materials from Abuja on the scheduled date.

The two conflicting orders of the Abuja and Enugu courts, which are said to have equal jurisdiction,  has created further confusion in the party and the national leadership is expected to decide on the way forward.

But the development has confirmed the collapse of the truce brokered by President Goodluck Jonathan between the warring parties.

It has further confirmed the speculation that Governor Chime and his men may move to another party to conduct the 2015 elections since the order may have been intended to prevent the PDP from fielding any candidate in Enugu State.

But some Party stalwarts who reacted to the fresh court order said that the intention of the plaintiff might not be realized as the interim injunction would not last beyond 14 days

TRUCE COLLAPSES:
ENUGU CHIEF JUDGE BARS PDP FROM ACCEPTING WARD CONGRESS RESULTS

http://theadvocatengr.com/new/enugu-chief-judge-bars-pdp-from-accepting-ward-congress-results/

"The Isaac Ike of Ihe", I salute...
 
I cannot agree any more where you wrote,
 
“In all, who would want Ekweremadu to win without putting up a fight? Yes, it will amount to injustice to democracy and suppression of competition in open market system, the essential ingredient in democracy. FedEx made post office better, candidates Mitt Romney and Hilary Clinton made Barrack Obama better President.” 
 
True, true...neither Sullivan Chime nor Ike Ekweremadu has faced any serious electoral competition in recent years. In fact, the last time we witnessed competition in Enugu politics as a whole was 1999 when Chimaroke faced GNG. That year (1999), Sullivan was nothing but a yeoman hoping for anyone who could remember that his last name was the same Chime of Chime Avenue. On the other side, Ekweremadu could not even defeat a political novice in Tony Nwonye of Nenwe then of APP in the chairmanship election of Aninri Local Government. Since them anything any of them has held has been by appointment, anointment or imposition.
 
But I must not fail to admit that Senator Ekweremadu has earned my respect in the dogged way he has executed his campaign thus far. True. It shows the man has energy for competition both at any election and in the Senate proper. But expect that respect to erode fast if he becomes a political sepulcher by doing exactly the same thing he was (or is) accusing Chime of doing: Imposition of candidates. The point is that Governor Sullivan Chime should not be imposing individuals on our people. President Goodluck Jonathan should not be imposing individuals in the states, either. Period!
 
Emergence of true internal democracy (intra-party) and any semblance of dynamic competition at inter-party level is a win-win for the candidates and the deserving people of Enugu State. As you, Isaac Ike of Ihe stated, “FedEx made Post Office better, candidates Mitt Romney and Hilary Clinton made Barrack Obama better President.”  Let me also add that James Nwobodo became one of the best governors in history of Nigeria because of the competition between him and his kinsman and mentor Christian Onoh in the old Anambra State. And guess what: both Enugu legends eventually grew to admire each other for the import of their visions and struggle. They fought a clean fight made possible through two parties.
 
I also read and can understand where and why the Oracle, MOE, was advising Chime not to decamp to another party. It is true Chime may likely lose but the governor does not really have to offer himself as candidate for the senate in the new party, considering that his campaign structure appears not to be battle ready. In fact, Sullivan Chime can even change the equation by nominating a strong candidate from the largest local government in Enugu West, Awgu LGA, interesting the most deserving of them all, since the people of Awgu LGA has never produced a senator, governor, or even minister. Win or lose, it could be a blessing in disguise for Mr. Chime: Emergence of two parties in Enugu State will without doubt reignite competition in its body politics and potentially basterdize the reigning culture of imposition that has been a clog to the development of my people. And Chime will forever be remembered for it…After all, what else does he want? Legacy. As I noted in an earlier article, former governor Bola Tinubu will forever be eulogized for deepening democracy in Nigeria by ensuring the emergence of a seemingly two serious parties in Nigeria.

Blessings+

SKC Ogbonnia

Imoke,Chime,Suswam May Soon Dump The PDP


http://www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/imoke-chime-suswam-may-soon-dump-the-pdp.99859/

http://247ureports.com/enugu-pdp-crisis-chime-cj-plot-kangaroo-exparte-order/

Enugu PDP Crisis: Chime, CJ Plot Kangaroo Exparte Order
by 247UREPORTS
November 13, 2014NewsNo Comments0 views

There were speculations in Enugu Wednesday that Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State and his loyalists in the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, may have approached the State Chief Judge, Justice Innocent Umezulike to make an exparte order against party’s Ward Congresses conducted in the state on November 1.
Chime was said to have allegedly bribed the Chief Judge issue to ex-parte order restraining the PDP national executive from recognizing the three-man Ward Delegates elected during the November 1 Congresses conducted under the supervision of Elder David Aja as the Acting State Chairman of the party.
There are fears that this might have signaled a total breakdown in the peace talks between the two warring camps in the Enugu PDP and the seeming truce experienced in the last days resulting in a rancour-free congress to elect National Delegates from the 17 local governments of the State.
Sources close to the governor’s political camp said that the court injunction had become the last option left to the governor and his supporters who appear to have lost out completely in the battle for the control of the PDP delegates for the party’s primaries in the State.
According to the source, the governor held a meeting with the State Chief Judge, Justice Umezulike Wednesday at the Governor’s Lodge where they agreed to procure the injunction having failed to get the party to nullify the Ward Congress, which the governor’s group refused to take part in penultimate Saturday.
Justice Umezulike who is reputed for giving such “cash and carry” questionable interim orders  had been queried by the National Judicial Council, NJC several times  over such acts.
He was lampooned by the Court of Appeal when he gave a similar order restraining the National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Victor Umeh from parading himself as leader of the party . The injunction was generally condemned my eminent legal practitioners in the country, who alleged that the order may have been bought with a huge sum of money from the CJ’s court.
The CJ was also accused of serious compromise in the infamous removal of the former State Deputy Governor, Mr.SundayOnyebuchi, from office.  He was accused of setting up a kangaroo impeachment panel,  which returned a guilty verdict against Onyebuchi even when the accusation of gross misconduct leveled against the deputy governor was not proved beyond reasonable doubt at the impeachment trial. The panel also barred journalists from from covering the proceedings of the trial in an episode better known in the media as chicken impeachment.
Text messages were circulated within the state Wednesday evening informing the residents to troop out to Justice Umezulike’s Court to listen to the injunction, which had allegedly been bought by the governor.

Why Enugu PDP consensus arrangement failed

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/features/policy-a-politics/186408-why-enugu-pdp-consensus-arrangement-fails

GREED, insincerity and personal interests have been blamed for the collapse of the consensus arrangement of the Enugu State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

  The source added that while party members were working to arrive at “suitable candidates” that could fly the flag of the party in the elections, Governor Sullivan Chime was allegedly working to “plant his surrogates in the various elective offices.”
For instance, while he  (Chime) was said to be positioning himself to go to the Senate for Enugu West Senatorial zone to replace incumbent
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, he was at the same time, plotting to get the Enugu east senatorial ticket of the party for his erstwhile Chief of Staff, Mrs Ifeoma Nwobodo. Mrs Nwobodo though
married to an Nkanu man is his sister from Udi.
  In Awgu, Aninri and Oji River federal constituency, the governor is also said to be fronting for his in-law, said to be married to his first daughter for the position to enable him replace incumbent, Toby Okechukwu.
  The situation the source said is the same for Enugu north and south federal constituency, where he is allegedly fronting his first cousin, Chime Oji to replace incumbent, Offor Chukwuegbo. Oji, who is doing his first tenure at the State House of Assembly,  he is the Deputy Speaker of the House.
  For Enugu east/Isiuzo federal constituency, the governor is also said to be sympathetic to his in-law and council chairman to the Enugu East local government, Prince Cornelius Nnaji to replace, Ambassador Kingsley Ebeyi. 
  The same is the case in Nkanu East/West federal constituency, where the governor is said to be promoting his immediate past commissioner for Lands and bosom friend Emeka Ujam to replace incumbent, Princess Peace Nnaji.
  For Enugu north senatorial zone, he is said to have endorsed his erstwhile commissioner for transport, Chukwuka Utazi and Ikechukwu Ugwuegede, his immediate past Commissioner for Capital Territory
Development Authority to replace Patrick Asadu for Nsukka/Uzouwani federal constituency.  Joe Mamel, his former Commissioner for Tourism is being promoted to take over at Udi/Ezeagu federal constituency, against incumbent Ogbuefi Ozomgbachi.
At the same time, he was said to have grip of those who would return to the state House of Assembly in 2015, having promised to “guarantee them return ticket after the successful impeachment of Sunday Onyebuchi as Deputy Governor”.
  The source added: “ Is it a family affair?  It cannot be democracy any longer if one man decides to call the shots. These were developments that scuttled the consensus arrangement for the PDP in Enugu state. If there was opportunity for stakeholders in each of the zones and to select among the contenders, it would have worked, but nobody wants to align with an arrangement that is against the collective will of the people”.
  The source stated that though some leaders and politicians in the state had secretly advised against the plan, they decided to show openly their “disdain to it when they openly began to obtain the nomination and expression of interest forms of the party to vie for offices when they discovered that the governor was not ready to bulge”.
  But Chime had insisted that the field was open to anyone who might want to contest, stressing that it had always been the practice in Enugu PDP “ to consult to see if we can agree amongst ourselves on who should actually represent us at all levels, from House of Assembly to governorship”.
Chime harped on the need for the party to come together at all levels to agree on a candidate, saying it would reduce acrimony and less strenuous.
  For now, the consensus option has totally failed as members of the party desiring to contest one position or the other in the coming elections have obtained forms and undergone the screening of the party.
  Last week, about 100 aspirants were screened by the  Bala Kaoje screening committee of the party for the 24 seats in the state House of Assembly. These include 18 serving members of the House who were among the large number of aspirants.
  The number which included female aspirants, irrespective of the officially approved fees of N1.2m, is said to have been paid by the aspirants to obtain the expression of interest form.
None of the other elective positions available in the state presently has less than four aspirants contesting for it including the governorship seat, which Chime had claimed a consensus had been reached.
  At least, four aspirants, including Senator Ayogu Eze, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Speaker Eugene Odoh and Chief Chinedu Onu, all from the PDP and Enugu north senatorial zone, obtained forms and are campaigning vigorously for the number one slot in the state.
  A chieftain of the party, Chief Jerry Nnamani said of the development: “We thank God that the consensus arrangement failed.

Not that he may be right, he is.

Op pls add 5th: they don't give hoot, just bring the money


It's all a problem of unemployment. Labour is so cheap in Nigeria that those who have discovered it are making millions everyday

gtrust:
You may be right!!!

SKC,

As to your suggestion of letting them square it off in the soapbox of which I have no problems with other the referenced concern, I do not believe Mr. Chime have the political will to put up a fight against the more energetic and well prepared Ekweremadu on a winner take all confrontation for obvious reasons: (a) the governor have travelled on smooth roads all his life and therefore have developed no strength. [b][/b]He was born with golden spoon his mouth. (b) As a product of anointment throughout his political career, stemming from State’s chief legal boss to the State’s Chief executive, he continued to live on the illusion that somehow he will wiggle his way to their usual resting ground “the office of Senate”. He has never confronted a serious opponent and to use a political machine like Senator Ekeremadu as the apparatus to do so on this hush-hush climate will become a political miscalculation. Do not forget: the decision to change the rule of engagement by president Jonathan last week came to him as a striking thunder and that’s the reason why I tagged him “a devastated Governor”, indeed, he was devastated. Where will he garner the energy to confront Ekeremadu who is already advancing to capture even his home town Udi? In all, who would want Ekweremadu to win without putting up a fight? Yes, it will amount to injustice to democracy and suppression of competition in open market system, the essential ingredient in democracy. FedEx made post office better, candidates Mitt Romney and Hilary Clinton made Barrack Obama better President.       

As it is now, the train has passed; they should wait for the next coach as PDP should consider dismantling their dictatorial systems of government to allow people’s choice prevail.                      

  Isaac Ike is from Ihe, not Dr.  Ike of Nsukka.

We badly needed and still need to witness a semblance of dynamic competition through the Chime VS Ekweremadu quagmire. If it can not happen in PDP, a second party then becomes an important compromise. Our prayers now should be for them to slug it out, adopting another party not excluded. A truly multiparty structure in Enugu State would lead to critical evaluation of the candidates, including their true accomplishments while in office, sources of wealth, and visions for the future. A struggle between PDP and another party would also minimize the prevailing pattern of imposing stooges on our people.
 
Recall that I was sad when the then governor Chimroke Nnamni imposed Sullivan Chime and other office holders (including Ike Ekweremadu) on Enugu people. I remained sad since 2011 when Governor Chime would also impose the occupiers of all the elective offices in Enugu State on the same people. And it pained me so much when same Sullivan Chime imposed the so-called consensus candidate in Ifeanyi Ugwunyi, his better qualities not withstanding. Thus, we must resist the idea of President Goodluck Jonathan from Balyelsa imposing candidates for Enugu people, regardless of who that person is. That is not democracy, folks; it is another name for dictatorship.
 
One more thing and it is in form of a question: If the Chime VS Ekweremadu contest is to end so soon, as the sharing of the loot would also end; how then can the ordinary masses truly benefit from the so-called dividend of democracy?

Blessings+

SKC

Pls count me out of your ill luck. Biko kwa. I'm only tracking and keeping records

Unemadu:
Op u finally got what u wished for, u and ur partner mej67.

A balanced comment on the writeup
A DEVASTATED GOVERNOR from waawa land on the net

Brethren,
 
Deeje.

You should not count out anybody yet; this fight is just beginning. I see no devastation, not yet. If anyone is tired, let him get a sip of water and return to the battlefield. BTW, did the Governor ever buy the form for Senate contest; did the Senator remember to purchase one?! [LOL]

I know, it is quite a feat getting Mama Peace to Adoration. Father Mbaka must be smiling all the way to the source of Aqua Rapha, leaving Archbishop Emma Chukwuma scratching his jaw and dialing all Ekwermadu's private numbers . Someone should remember "Oku na-ere ere"-o!

Holy Ghost.... FIRE!
 
Brother Sullivan Chime (Nwachinamere) has been counted out before. Check January 2011. INEC actually accepted the slate of candidates from the Nwodo's congress. I believe the case died in court, after late Justice Oby Nwodo wisely recused herself. Chime bounced back, and the rest is history. So, he should not be deemed “devastated”; neither should anyone deem my Senator “elevated”!

Waa!

The battle is just started. It will not be over until the very FAT lady sings. On moving to APGA, it is not a good idea; let them duke it out in PDP. Yes, I said that I want to know who is keeping Enugu State APGA microwave-ready. It will soon be clear, especially with Victor “Man about Cash” Umeh running for Senate. He needs all the cash he can soak in. He will want to sell Enugu State APGA to the highest bidder before jumping the sinking ship.
 
Here is the trouble: If he sells and within the month a higher court rules in favor of Maxi Okwu, game changer! This is just one reason why Sullivan Chime must NOT jump into the sinking ship called APGA, not now... we will save the ship, but not yet. There are other ways of killing this cat: I am not a lawyer, but at least 'one chance' is out there… if he REALLY wants to fight on. Think of the mystery of Vita Abba and his Houdini... is he sick abroad... where; is her running for HoR... did he buy the form; is he just tired... understandable; is he in town.. which town?! What REALLY happened?

Nuff said!
 
BREAKING NEWS: Mr. Tall Red Hat (Umeh) is allegedly endorsing Gburugburu! His handlers must prepare to push back on such a move—if it comes out anywhere that this man Umeh who is  holding APGA captive moves to associate with Gburugburu. Umeh offers poisoned chalice. He must be “stayed out” by any means possible. Someone should tell Brother Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi about the victims of Umeh: Uba, Soludo, Obi, and he now chews Obiano with ketchup!
 
Meanwhile, now that things are quietening down and the playing field re-leveled, after weeks of advantage to Team Consensus Gburugburu, all camps should be watchful. Those who think PDP primary is done, that “Gburugburu ejebego” should know this: an eventful day in politics is like a year in normal life! Besides Omeiheukwu, who could slow down his run, if pressed by DSP, Eugene Odo still looms large; he could strike from the House—as the Senators did in Abuja, and Anambra House too .

Yep, we learn bad things fast!

It's now a matter of solid cash and Aso Rock... and how strong one considers his victory--as in smell blood 
 
However, the candidate to watch in the coming days is Brother Chinedu Onu, who is from the same 'hood as Brother Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. Chinedu could spring surprises. In a few months of popping up in our radar, he has come home with some bacon for Enugu West. No, Steve, not University of Agbaja, but close ! A couple of weeks of all-out media blitzkrieg could prop him up on the high platform of this leveled field of candidates. Then again, the delegates are still fluid, nothing etched in stone. Three North v. one West could be a mismatch!  And that's why I cautioned last year for Enugu North to study Anambra North and Peter Obi!
 
Anyway, after PDP ‘internals,’ there is APC. Okey Ezea is set to run a different kind of campaign that will shake the three pillars of our state. If he is ready to roll and APC Enugu State somehow gets its acts together, he (Ezea) will give PDP a good run. Peace Motors, less so. My only concern is that Okey stays out too much, making him a seasonal politician. He needs to retool. If he had stayed the course when he beat Governor Chime in court over a civil matter, he would have gone up in our radar. Alas, Brother Ben Nwoye is not making much waves. I still wonder why. WHY?! So, PDP it is – for now. But who? Who bought forms; who didn’t?

 
Let's go out and get front-seat tickets: the movie is just starting. Where will I be? Everywhere! Persons who stroll to the Shrine for soundings shall see me shining at the Shrine!

Ka anyi na-egekwe nti!

 
MOE
Everything else is embellishment

...And sms flying around Enugu yesterday...

As things fall apart for Sullivan, Ike Nike, Ikeje Asogwa visit Ekweremmadu, Ifeoma Nwobodo hid behind tinted glass. The very people that urged Chime to fight are deserting him. SHAME!!!

Folks,
The open letter below called it right for GovChime. If only
he has read and agreed with this group the damp political
atmosphere in his camp would have been avoided. This is 
called telling truth to power in a respectful fashion. If more
groups would shun sycophancy and stand up like
ECPW, Enugu state would not be in the news for the wrong 
reason. It is time to call for Gov Chime and advisers to read this 
letter again and adhere to its content. Going to another 
party will not only be disastrous, it will not get Gov
Chime to senate. Gov Chime should negotiate to save
the consensus candidate Ugwuanyi 
Dee jee nu
Ezejiofo Sunny Udeh
@ NYc 

http://247ureports.com/?p=57109

Those Who Are Too Clever May Sometimes Overreach Themselves.
Three of my articles in the last couple of weeks were on Governor Chime. After this one I will wait for two days and pick on someone else. But the recent turn of events makes me come back to what some people may describe as "my favorite whipping boy". It is looking as if Mr. Chime may not be the designated senator for Enugu West after all. His Excellency had zoned the senate seat to himself, but alas in the democracy for sale in Nigeria someone else had voiced a bigger bid than he. What have been Mr. Chime’s mistakes?
1.   Political ignorance or miscalculation, take your choice. As has been said before absolute power corrupts absolutely. Mr. Chime thought that he had absolute power and was exercising it ruthlessly. It became inevitable that he would soon misfire and misfire he did much quicker that anybody had expected. He imposed the local government chairmen on all LGA thereby offending many aspirants. He did not even think of allowing some other Enugu men and women of timber and caliber to participate in the selection. They felt their irrelevance and took it to heart. He supervised the impeachment of his deputy governor, to clear the way for others in his camp to seek higher offices. He forgot that he had made many enemies in his career and that it would take little to forge a team against him.
2.   Extreme selfishness. What might have hurt him more than anything else was the way and manner he “selected” the alleged PDP consensus gubernatorial candidate for Enugu. He was the only man in the room among his Nsukka boys. He wanted all honor and glory to be his and when the consensus candidate becomes governor, he would be beholding to nobody else but to Chime. Of course he forgot his own history. As if this was not bad enough he zoned the Enugu West senatorial seat to himself. In other words the 2015 governor would be beholding to him and he would be the sitting senator having dethroned the current Deputy Senate President. He was called for “reaching” as they say in basketball. Unfortunately there are only five seconds remaining in the game and if the shooter makes it Chime’s team would lose. We are all waiting now. A smarter person would have traded the governorship that no longer belonged to him for the senate seat. He would become the senator and the senator would become the governor, quid-pro-quo. But that would not be Mr. Chime, ofu onye a nasi unu abia (the one man who uses the royal “we” to refer to himself).
3.   His predecessors had followed this route before, governorship to senator, and were successful. But he did not realize that times had changed, that people had learned the lessons and had laid plans for this move and when he called the play, the opposition called their own play to stop it. He was trapped. Some people might add that Mr. Chime does not have the smarts of Mr. Chimaroke Nnamani and Mr. Jim Nwobodo. Or that those predecessors did not have as many enemies lying in wait.
What is Mr. Chime’s future? It depends on whether the shooter in game referred to above makes the shot or not. If he does not make it, Mr. Chime may yet survive. If he does, then Mr. Chime has two options: accept the defeat graciously and bid his time in PDP. He might receive an offer for a ministerial appointment or some reward. He may jump ship and go to another party. Since there are no other parties in Enugu his chances would be 1:1,000.
Those who are too clever sometimes overreach themselves.
Benjamin Obiajulu Aduba
Boston, Massachusetts
November 9, 2014

A DEVASTATED GOVORNOR

The inability of Governor Chime to swallow the hard pills handed down by the PDP boss on their move to reverse rules of engagement intensifies the obsessive nature of his totalitarian tendency. It seemed smooth and cozy when he retains the driver’s seat and poisonous drink when table turns around. By now the devastated Governor should have known that he is running out of gas and that any move less than turning himself in will lead to diminishing returns of eight years legacy of service to his people. It will become nonsense all over again going into a fight that yields no political fruition. He should spare the State the agony of going through fractious bunch and stay on the sidelines, a step likely to salvage the candidacy of his anointed candidate Mr. Ifeanyi Ugwuayi.   

There are times in our lives that one should conceive the notion that public interest trumps individual political ambition, if for any practical reasons, this is one of them. To connect my points, during 1960 election, Senator John Kennedy defeated Vice President Richard Nixon to become President of United States by 112,827 votes out of 68 million votes cast, the closest election even in today’s standard. A recount in this case could go either way yet, in spite of pressures exerted on Nixon by Republicans to call for recount, he refused because “I will not allow my Country to go through this mess he says, as he conceded a defeat”.  

Democracy sounds easy to speak but too hard to practice. Nigeria should understand the implications of combination of democracy and dictatorship. It’s like mixing palm oil and gasoline to drive a car, it wouldn’t just crank.  Mr. Chime had fought a good fight and served his State brilliantly, it’s time to step down with dignity otherwise the political climate will step him down in disgrace.

Isaac Ike          

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Posted by: Isaac Ike <issacike@gmail.com>

Techtono, why are you trying too hard to get noticed by the govt people in Enugu?

bro, you are killing it by all the plain lies. You are rather presenting your self as a charlatan. Sorry for the use of the word, but it makes everything look so childish.

I'm in Enugu, we know what's gwan. They too know when you go overboard with outlandish comments. Relax. just report. We are happy reading you. I, for, one enjoy your entries.

K'odi

More like PDP set to dump the capricious and greedy three musketeers. History moves in circles...going round and coming around, weaving a wicked web of twisted irony. 

I hope the Gburugburu team moves in swiftly to consolidate on the general goodwill it has seemingly garnered already. Dump PDP...Please! These trio are the lamest ducks alive. Even PDP knows that. Chime or not, Enugu will go in the PDP column in February. I take it back. The longer Chime remains in the PDP, in his desperate gasp for continued relevance, the more Gburugburu's chances wane. 

The best thing that could happen to Gburugburu is to have Chime out of the PDP. He has become a total liability, and Abuja knows that. They have no more need of him. Problem for Chime is that he doesn't even realize that he has already been tossed by the PDP. Yea right...dump PDP indeed! PDP dumped him the moment they blew his ill conceived senatorial fantasy. 

Chime took too much liberty. He dissed Aso Rock; played rough; challenged his gods; became a chicken chaser. Now he will receive his political comeuppance. He would have put up a good fight, but, alas, he is a lame freaking duck! Soon, he will be deserted by all that took shelter under his once strong wings. Now, that Abuja is clipping his wings, he is simply dud. He can't even shelter himself. 

What's next for him? I don't know. But he sure as hell will not be smelling the red chamber. I hope he seized enough chicken to last him a life time. Sigh... :-(

/Odenigbo

PDP stops state chapters from publishing results of primaries
There are worrying signals that three key governors supportive of the President Goodluck administration, Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State; Governor of Enugu State, Sullivan Chime and Liyel Imoke of Cross River State may dump the ruling party.
Their grouse followed unresolved political crisis in their states by the party’s national secretariat.
The Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, may dump the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the Labor Party, one of the opposition parties in the country, to actualise his senatorial dream.
Nigerian Pilot Sunday can report authoritatively that shortly after a meeting, where President Jonathan and the leadership of the PDP conceded automatic tickets to 40 out of 72 PDP senators, who want to return to the red chamber, the governors were affected.
In Suswam’s case with the decision reached by the party to support Senator Barnabas Gemade to run for the Benue North East senatorial seat in the forthcoming election, the incumbent governor may have lost out.
His Cross River counterpart, Liyel Imoke, is allegedly aggrieved and is threatening to join the All Progressives Congress, APC following the PDP’s choice of Senator Victor Edoma Egba.
Similarly, Enugu State Governor, Sullivan Chime, who is also bitter over the party’s decision to allow the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu to run on the ticket of the PDP instead of him (Chime), is considering dumping the PDP to run on the platform of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA for the senatorial seat.
A highly placed source close to the PDP, who hinted this paper of the moves and corroborated by a close aide to the Benue State Governor, who pleaded anonymity, told the Nigerian Pilot Sunday that the Governor is not comfortable with the decision of the party to stop him from contesting the election and he is considering a move to the Labor Party.
According to the aide, Imoke and Chime will also follow suit in dumping the party, except the party’s national headquarters reverses its decision and allows a level playing field for all the aspirants rather than imposing the sitting senators on the electorate.
However, the paper further gathered that the President and the PDP will engage the party governors in order to allow only experienced Senators to come back in 2015.
In the thinking of the party and the Presidency, it pays the country’s democracy to build a stronger legislature by returning experienced lawmakers rather than bringing in greenhorns.
Another position taken by the leadership of the PDP was a situation where a Governor, “cannot eat his cake and have it” by showing interest in the Senate as well as deciding who succeeds him.
In this case the party ruled that governors interested in picking their successors would not get a senatorial ticket.
With these developments, some governors see themselves losing out on their senatorial ambition.
For Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, his next political move has been uncertain since the decision of the party.
However this paper scooped that he is still consulting on the way forward.
In the meantime, the party has banned all the state chapters from publishing the results of the forthcoming primaries.
Reacting to an advertorial in a section of the media wherein some individuals purported to have released the result of the election of three man ad-hoc delegates for primary elections in Ebonyi State, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh said only the office of the National Organising Secretary is empowered to release the result of its primaries.
Part of the statement read, “The national leadership states categorically that only the National Working Committee, NWC, through the Office of the National Organising Secretary can release the result of the ward congresses for the election of 3 man ad-hoc delegate or any primary election conducted by our great party for that matter.
“In this regard, the national leadership will thoroughly investigate this illegality and take prompt action against anybody who may have participated in it.”
Metuh also informed all members of the party in Ebonyi State that the national leadership has been notified of the resignation of the State Chairman of the party.

http://nigerianpilot.com/govs-chime-suswam-imoke-set-to-dump-pdp/#sthash.WOhmhRqQ.dpuf

See interesting comment on the topic on a discussion board, next

Op, are u sure you are current




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November 07
17:04
2014

Enugu Speaker to go next

http://theadvocatengr.com/new/fresh-plot-to-impeach-enugu-speaker-uncovered/