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Oseloka Obaze, a former Secretary to the Anambra State Government, will be contesting the upcoming Anambra governorship elections under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party.
This is after he defeated other contestants to win the PDP primary election in the state.
Two votes were invalid, while a total of 958 delegates were accredited for the poll.
A former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah; and other contestants such as Linda Ikpeazu and John Emeka had, before the commencement of accreditation of delegates, backed out of the exercise.
There was a little mild drama after counting of the votes as Mr. Ubah grabbed the microphone and protested the result. According to him, the election was marred by irregularities.
He was however interrupted and asked to wait for declaration of results before making his protest.
After the declaration of the results, Mr. Ubah said the delegates list was tampered with and was only given to them two days to the election unlike other parties that got their list four weeks before the primaries.
This he said made it difficult for the candidates to campaign to the delegates.
There have been accusations and counter accusations over the party’s delegates list, with some aspirants complaining of the party’s rank being infiltrated by members of other political parties, with the hope of disrupting the emergence of the party’s choice candidate.
This is after he defeated other contestants to win the PDP primary election in the state.
- Obaze polled 672
- Dr. Alex Obiogbolu - 190.
- CEO of Capital Oil, Dr. Ifeanyi Uba - 94 votes.
Two votes were invalid, while a total of 958 delegates were accredited for the poll.
A former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah; and other contestants such as Linda Ikpeazu and John Emeka had, before the commencement of accreditation of delegates, backed out of the exercise.
There was a little mild drama after counting of the votes as Mr. Ubah grabbed the microphone and protested the result. According to him, the election was marred by irregularities.
He was however interrupted and asked to wait for declaration of results before making his protest.
After the declaration of the results, Mr. Ubah said the delegates list was tampered with and was only given to them two days to the election unlike other parties that got their list four weeks before the primaries.
This he said made it difficult for the candidates to campaign to the delegates.
There have been accusations and counter accusations over the party’s delegates list, with some aspirants complaining of the party’s rank being infiltrated by members of other political parties, with the hope of disrupting the emergence of the party’s choice candidate.
