Politics
OSELOKA Obaze, former Secretary to the Anambra State Government, has won the primary election of Peoples Democratic Party in Anambra State for the November 18, governorship poll.
Obaze polled 672 to defeat his closest rival, Alex Obiogbolu, who scored 190.
Ifeanyi Uba, chief executive officer of Capital Oil, came third in the poll with 94 votes.
Two votes were invalid, while a total of 958 delegates were accredited for the poll.
Stella Oduah, former minister of aviation, and other contestants such as Linda Ikpeazu and John Emeka had backed out of the election before the commencement of accreditation of delegates.
While announcing his withdrawal from the contest, Emeka cited irregularities in the party’s delegates’ list.
Dave Umahi, governor of Ebonyi State, announced the results, declaring Obaze the winner of the poll.
Obaze served as the SSG to the Anambra State government from 2012 to 2015 under former governor Peter Obi and the incumbent governor, Willie Obiano.
He was former Nigerian foreign service officer and a United Nations official.
In his speech, Uba commended the security operatives for the peaceful conduct of the poll, alleging that the delegates’ list was given to the aspirants two days to the poll, describing it as too late for some of the aspirants to campaign.
He alleged irregularities in the exercises, claiming that the list was doctored from what was monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
While still protesting, the Umahi committee walked out on him. Uba later addressed the press and said he would go to court to challenge the result of the exercise.
– Aug 29, 2017 @ 09:40 GMT
Tags: Capital Oil Dave Umahi former minister of aviation governor of Ebonyi State OSELOKA Obaze Peoples Democratic Party Secretary to the Anambra State Government Stella Oduah
