Nigeria: Anambra Guber - Court Upholds Andy Uba As PDP Candidate
12 September 2013
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) still has a
high hurdle to scale ahead the November 16, 2013 Anambra gubernatorial
election. A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State
yesterday ruled that Senator Andy Uba remains the PDP candidate for the
Anambra gubernatorial race
It ordered the Ken Emeakayi-led PDP in Anambra state to maintain the status quo pending the final decision of the court. It also ordered that the PDP should recognize the Ejike Oguebego-led faction of the party - as the authentic faction. In the ruling handed by Justice H.A Nganjiwa, the court also directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to identify with the Ejike group that produced Uba as the authentic governorship candidate of the PDP. It's season of endorsements for candidates SIXTY-FOUR days to the November 16 governorship election, the Anambra polity is awash with endorsements for the various candidates running the race. It is a season of endorsements, as it were, from hordes of groups cutting across all strata of the polity.
It ordered the Ken Emeakayi-led PDP in Anambra state to maintain the status quo pending the final decision of the court. It also ordered that the PDP should recognize the Ejike Oguebego-led faction of the party - as the authentic faction. In the ruling handed by Justice H.A Nganjiwa, the court also directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to identify with the Ejike group that produced Uba as the authentic governorship candidate of the PDP. It's season of endorsements for candidates SIXTY-FOUR days to the November 16 governorship election, the Anambra polity is awash with endorsements for the various candidates running the race. It is a season of endorsements, as it were, from hordes of groups cutting across all strata of the polity.
Physically challenged endorse Ifeanyi Ubah: THE Association for
Comprehensive Empowerment of Nigerians with Disability, ASCEND, in
Anambra State has endorsed Mr. Ifeanyi Ubah, the candidate of the Labour
Party, LP, for the governorship of the state. The 100,000-member ASCEND
took the decision in Awka yesterday during a meeting attended by
physically challenged persons from all parts of the state.
President of the association, Chief Cosmas Okoli, who announced the endorsement, said Ifeanyi Ubah was the only candidate that has spelt out in clear terms what he would do for physically challenged people and the entire people of the state if he wins the November 16 election.
He said: "Today marks the beginning of a new chapter in the lives of persons with disability in Nigeria as we take the first decisive step in the politics of Nigeria, with the endorsement of Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah for governor of Anambra State come 2014.
"We started this journey by announcing our intention to endorse a candidate for the gubernatorial election and we thus opened our doors to all the aspirants to engage with us in the process of endorsing a candidate for the election.
President of the association, Chief Cosmas Okoli, who announced the endorsement, said Ifeanyi Ubah was the only candidate that has spelt out in clear terms what he would do for physically challenged people and the entire people of the state if he wins the November 16 election.
He said: "Today marks the beginning of a new chapter in the lives of persons with disability in Nigeria as we take the first decisive step in the politics of Nigeria, with the endorsement of Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah for governor of Anambra State come 2014.
"We started this journey by announcing our intention to endorse a candidate for the gubernatorial election and we thus opened our doors to all the aspirants to engage with us in the process of endorsing a candidate for the election.
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