2015: PDP chiefs gang up against Jonathan in Anambra

                                   

President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term ambition may have suffered a setback, following the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State.

Members of the party have accused  the President of  being a stumbling block to peace in the state’s chapter.

They vowed to vote against him next year for abandoning the party’s governorship candidate in 2013, Comrade Tony Nwoye and supporting former Governor Peter Obi’s candidate, Chief Willie Obiano, a member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

The PDP in Anambra has been swimming in crisis over the ward congresses held last weekend under the leadership of the new Chairman, Ejike Oguebego.

The exercise, conducted in 326 wards in the 21 local governments, was monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The other factions led by oil mogul Prince Arthur Eze and the National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisah Metuh, drafted Senator Ibrahim Mantu to the state for a fresh congress.

The exercise failed to hold in two hotels in Awka on Saturday and Sunday, which forced Mantu and his appeal panel to relocate to Asaba, the Delta State capital, where they handed over delegates’ forms to Princess Stella Oduah, Senator Andy Uba and Uche Ekwunife.

Oduah is vying for the Anambra North senatorial ticket, while Ekwunife and Uba are interested in Anambra Central and South senatorial tickets.

Following the crisis, PDP bigwigs have told Jonathan to forget votes in Anambra State.

A chieftain of the party, who spoke with The Nation in confidence, said: “The President thinks he has Anambra, with former Governor Obi on his side and the APGA government here. But we will tell him that it is not yet Uhuru.