Anambra yawning for PDP take over, says Uche Secondus
By CHUKWUJEKWU, ILOZUE, Awka
The national chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has said that with consistent strong showing of the party in Anambra State, it only needs a little more effort for the party to take the governorship seat come 2021.
Secondus who was represented by the national youth leader of PDP, Hon. S. K. E. Ude-Okoye during a grand reception organised by Anambra Central Senatorial district for the state chairman Chief Ndubisi Nwobu at the weekend in Awka said the party had always won national elections in the state and that showed that Anambra is a PDP State.
He added that what is more is that currently, all other political parties in the country now acknowledged that only PDP can govern Nigeria”.
He stated that the party has only one chairman in the state in the person of Chief Ndubisi Nwobu and pleaded with members to rally round him to achieve their aim of installing the next governor of the state.
Earlier, in his welcome address to the massive audience which included chairman of Board of Trustees (BoT) of the party Alhaji Walid Jubrin, the vice chairman of Anambra Central Senatorial district of the party Dr. C. C. Okeke said the reception was organized to appreciate tremendous efforts of Nwoby in giving the party a new look.
Describing Nwobu as “astitute, brilliant, transparent and indefatigable”, Okeke said Nwobu has raised the party to an enviable height and ensured level playing ground for contestants as evidenced in the number of the party’s candidates who attended the reception.
In his speech Nwobu appealed for “a greater honour and commitment in delivering 2021 race for PDP”.
According to him, the success he recorded so far was as a result of collective effort members of the party, noting that it was just the beginning.
He said that his fervent appeal is that the honour greater than today’s lies in our ability to clinch the governorship seat in the 2021 Governorship election”.
He thanked organisers of the occasion which he said was initiated by Chief Emeka Eze before it was taken over by the Central senatorial district.
The occasion was attended by who is who in the party in the state with various groups eulogising Nwobu for the new face he gave the party in the state. (Sunday Independent)
