Valentine Chineto Ozigbo has won the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) governorship primary election in Anambra state.
Ozigbo, a former chief executive officer of Transnational
Corporation of Nigeria, secured 62 votes to emerge as the flagbearer of the
party for the November 6 governorship election in the state.
Obiora Okonkwo scored a total of 58 votes to place second in
the primary.
The exercise which saw Ozigbo emerge as the flagbearer is
backed by the national working committee (NWC) of the party.
The result of the election was announced by Philip Shaibu,
deputy governor of Edo state and secretary of the party’s electoral committee.
Earlier, the Chris Uba-led faction had organised its primary
election at the University of St. Paul, Awka, capital of the state.
Ugochukwu Uba, a former senator, was elected governorship
candidate of the primary conducted by the Anambra PDP faction.
Uba is a former senator representing Anambra south
senatorial zone.
Anambra PDP has been enmeshed in internal wrangling of late,
leading to the emergence of two factions of the party.
Recently, a federal high court sitting in Abuja 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 PDP and two others for a stay of judgement pending
the determination of the appeal.
The court also directed the party to use the November 2017
delegates in conducting its governorship primary election.
On Friday, the national leadership of the PDP dissolved all
its executives in Anambra and directed its south-east zonal caretaker committee
to oversee the management of the chapter.
Also, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
has disclosed that it will comply with the judgement of the high court on the
sacking of the executives.
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