Winner of the PDP ticket for the November 18 Anambra governorship election, Dr. Oseloka Henry Obaze has reached out to contestants at the party’s primary to build a strong base ahead of the polls.
The primary had been largely peaceful until one of the aspirants, Capital Oil CEO, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, launched into a long tirade following the declaration of Obaze as the winner. He accused the party of impunity and manipulation of the delegates’ list used for the primary election.
Ubah polled 94 votes to finish third behind Dr.Alexander Obiogbolu and Obaze who got 190 and 672 votes respectively.
However, in a statement which he released in a series of tweets shortly after the primary, Obaze invited the aspirants to join him to defeat his erstwhile principal, Willie Obiano.
The statement in full reads:
“I thank God for this day and the outcome of our party primaries. I am humbled by this show of confidence reposed on me by the representative electorate of our great party, PDP.
“I thank our party leadership, the executive governors who oversaw the electoral process, the PDP southeast zonal leaders, and the Anambra state PDP caretaker committee, under the able leadership of Prof. ABC Nwosu.
“I congratulate and thank my fellow aspirants for their graciousness and extend a hand of fellowship to them and invite them to join me in the campaign to win the government house for our party.
“I thank my family, friends, admirers, and supporters immensely.
“To Ndi Anambra, I promise in humility to remain focussed on the campaign to turn Anambra around and deliver good governance to our people.”
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