Information reaching 247ureports.com from sources in Port Harcourt indicate that the Anambra State gubernatorial exercise of November 16, 2013 may have not turned the last corner as per the intrigues emanating from the buildup to the electoral exercise.
As gathered, 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.
