INEC list pitches President against Anambra PDP stalwarts

As President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to storm Anam­
bra State today for his campaign, there is uneasy calm in the
state following the recent release of list of candidates for
senatorial elections in by the Independent Electoral Com­
mission, INEC.
A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP stalwart in the state, Chief
John Ngonadi told Saturday Sun that President Jonathan may
not be warmly received by members of the party following the
recent development in the list of candidates released by INEC
from which major political pundits were excluded.
Chief Ngonadi further revealed that the list of candidates for
the three senatorial zones, which was published by INEC, was
the major cause of problem among some bigwigs in Anambra
who have been the major financiers of President Jonathan’s
second term bid.
He said the list where the names of Senator Andy Uba, Iyom
Uche Ekwunife and Stella Odua were conspicuously missing
portends danger to the party and Mr. President’s chances of
winning elections in the state.
“We had expected the party leadership at the National level to
look into the matter critically especially with the view to
solving the inherent problems associated with selecting can­
didates who would stand elections and deliver the party and
also deliver Mr. President. But today, we noticed that some
elements who have been the destroyers of PDP in the state
have found their ways to bribe some party officials and INEC
staff to smuggle their names as candidates of PDP in the
state”
He called on the National Executive Council of the party to
quickly resolve what he called mix-up in the release of the list
of the authentic candidates of the party for the three
senatorial zones of the state.
It would be recalled that the Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC had released the list of candidates for
senatorial election in the state across all the participating
political parties.
In the list, the names of Senator Andy Uba currently
representing Anambra South, Mrs. Uche Ekwunife, representing
Anaocha/ Dunukofia//Njikoka federal constituency and former
Minister for Aviation, Mrs. Stella Odua were missing.