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From George Onyejiuwa, Owerri
A crisis may be looming ahead of the Imo State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Imo East Senate primaries (Owerri zone), as one of the prominent aspirants for the senatorial seat, Hon. Greg Egu, has said he will not accept the chicanery witnessed during the Aboh Mbaise/Ngor Okpala Federal Constituency primaries held at Umuneke Ngor, headquarters of the federal constituency, on Sunday.
Egu, who represented the Aboh Mbaise/Ngor Okpala Federal Constituency between 1999 and 2003 and is a founding member of the PDP, warned that he will not accept the imposition of any candidate, as happened in the Aboh Mbaise/Ngor Okpala Federal Constituency, where no primaries were held and somebody was announced as the winner.
He said that Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, who wants to be the governorship candidate, cannot impose anybody from Mbaitoli/Ikeduru Federal Constituency, where he comes from, as the senatorial candidate for Imo East when it is the turn of the Ngor Okpala political bloc to produce the senatorial candidate for Imo East (Owerri) zone.
Addressing a press conference at his country home in Umuohiagu community in Ngor Okpala, the senatorial aspirant noted that the party said it would be by consensus, but that, till now, he does not know the modality.
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“I am running against Prince Eze Madumere and one other young man who I don’t know. They said that it is going to be on consensus. I have campaigned before all the stakeholders in the party. SamDaddy (Senator Samuel Anyanwu) will have to be careful what he does at this primaries. I have seen all the leaders that counts in the entire Owerri zone because it is the turn of the Ngor Okpala political bloc to produce the next senator for the Owerri zone.
“What happened today (Sunday) at Umuneke Ngor in the House of Reps for Aboh Mbaise/Ngor Okpala federal constituency primaries shouldn’t happen on Wednesday where somebody came from nowhere and declared somebody a winner and then disappeared. I will be there on Wednesday to know what they are going to do. They said it is going to be on consensus. I have campaigned before all the stakeholders in Owerri zone and have also seen all the leaders that counts. We are talking about equity and fairness, equity should not only be observed at the state level, it must go down to all the levels. Ngor Okpala has not produced a senator for the zone since 1979. The party should not make the mistake that the APC is trying to do, by planning to give the Owerri senatorial ticket to a person from Owerri North state constituency, when the incumbent Senator Onyewuchi Ezenwa is also from the same Owerri North. You that cannot work.
“If Samuel Anyanwu (SamDaddy) wants to be a governor he can’t expect a senator to also come from his federal constituency (Mbaitoli/Ikeduru),” he said.
Egu added that the only way to avoid a crisis in the state party ahead of the general elections next year is to do the right thing.
