The list of consensus candidates from the South-South has
emerged.
In the list, the Minister of State for Labour and
Employment, Festus Keyamo, was not among the top government officials and
politicians from the zone that appended their signatures to the list.
The list of nominees as consensus candidates was signed by
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Secretary of the CECPC, Senator John
Akpanudoudehe; Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Ameachi, and Minister of
Niger-Delta, Godswill Akpabio.
Others who signed the list are the party’s former Chairman,
Adams Oshiomhole; a former Minister of State for Agriculture, Heineken
Lokpobiri, and former Edo State Deputy Governor, Lucky Imasuen.
Also at the meeting where the decision was made was Mrs
Stella Okotete, the representative of women in the Caretaker Extraordinary
Committee; representative of the South-South in the CECPC, Mr David Lyon; Sen.
Ita Enaga, Sen. Magnus Abe, Mr Victor Giadom and Deputy Senate President, Sen.
Ovie Omo-Agege.
However, all the six states in the region were allocated at
least an office as shown in the list.
Top on the list of the beneficiaries is the former deputy
National Secretary of the party, Victor Giadom, who is returning to the party
as National Vice Chairman (South-South) and a member of the NWC.
Giadom, a former commissioner of works in Rivers State,
became popular when he pronounced himself the acting national chairman of the
party, an action that finally led to the sacking of a former Governor of Edo
State, Adams Oshiomhole as the party’s national chairman almost two years ago.
Other adopted candidates are Delta State Commissioner for
Health, Dr Betta Edu (National Women Leader), and Mr Felix Morka (National
Publicity Secretary).
NAN reported that a statement issued by the stakeholders
said that the three party members were adopted at the last meeting of the
stakeholders held in Abuja.
The National Vice Chairman South-South is zoned to
Rivers/Bayelsa states, National Women Leader to Akwa Ibom/Cross River states
and National Publicity Secretary to Edo/ Delta States.
While Governor Ayade picked Edu (Cross River) for the
National Women Leader, Ameachi was said to have picked Giadom (Rivers State) for the position of National
Vice Chairman.
Omo-Agege was also said to have picked Morka (Delta State)
for the National Publicity Secretary position.
The position of others who obtained the expression of
interest and nomination forms to contest the positions was not clear as of
press time.
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