There are indications that Andy Uba has picked his PDP's governorship ticket for the Anambra 2014 election from court.
It was gathered that a Federal High Court Holden in Port Harcourt in Rivers
State, this morning ruled that the People Democratic Party’s [PDP]
primary election exercise which saw the parallel election of Tony Nwoye
and Senator Andy Uba – was faulty. It specifically ruled that the PDP
faction that elected Tony Nwoye as its candidate were imposters – and
should not be legally accepted by the National PDP body as its Anambra
gubernatorial candidate. It also directed that the Independent National
Electoral Commission [INEC] to not accept the candidateship of Tony
Nwoye under the PDP.
It is recalled that parallel PDP primaries were held by two factions
of the PDP in Anambra – where one of the factions had INEC officials
supervise their exercise while the other faction which produced Tony
Nwoye did not.
Following the end of the primary election exercise, news reports
indicated that the PDP may sanction the Andy Ubah led group. But recent
turnaround in events appears to have result in a turnaround within the
PDP as well. Some within the PDP top ranking officials are already
calling the Tony Nwoye faction to question – as to how they were able to
obtain ‘fake’ PDP materials to conduct the illegal primaries supposedly
‘on behalf’ of the PDP.
The PDP in Anambra appears to have found its operation in Anambra
electoral exercises stuck in producing two candidates per office. During
the Senatorial race of 2011, the PDP produced parallel candidates for
virtually the senatorial zones. For the south senatorial zone, Andy Uba
and Nicholas Ukachukwu was produced to contest for the seat. PDP won the
seat – and INEC recognized Andy Uba as the candidate.
It is worthy of note that Senator Andy Uba heads the senate committee on electoral matters.
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