Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has produced two governorship candidates from two different primaries ahead of the Anambra Governorship elections.
Gatekeepers News reports that Ugochukwu Uba emerged winner of the primaries conducted by the Chris Uba-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); while Valentine Ozigbo won the primaries backed by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party.
Ugochukwu Uba, was a member of the senate from 2003 to 2007. He represented Anambra south senatorial zone.
Uba, on Saturday, secured 275 votes to defeat other aspirants at the primary election which was held at the University of St. Paul, Awka, capital of the state.
His closest opponents were Godwin Ezeemo who got 114 votes to come second, and Uche Ekwunife, a senator, polled 56 votes to emerge third.
Later on Saturday, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party announced Valentine Ozigbo as the winner of the primaries it conducted in the state.
According to NWC, the former Chief Executive Officer of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria secured 62 votes to emerge as the flagbearer while Obiora Okonkwo scored a total of 58 votes to place second in the primary.
The Deputy Governor of Edo state and secretary of the party’s electoral committee, Philip Shaibu announced the result of the election.
Anambra PDP ahead of the November 6 governorship election in the state, has lately been entangled in several internal frictions, leading to the emergence of two factions of the party.
A federal high court sitting in Abuja recently sacked the party’s executive council at the state and LGAs levels.
On June 9, the court dismissed three applications filed by the national office of the opposition party and two others for a stay of judgement pending the determination of the appeal.
Similarly, the court directed the party to use the November 2017 delegates in conducting its governorship primary election.
Before the primaries were conducted on Saturday, the national leadership of the party on Friday, dissolved all its executives in the state and directed its southeast zonal caretaker committee to oversee the management of the chapter.
Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that it will comply with the judgement of the high court on the sacking of the executives.
