The Chairman, Senate Committee on
Youths and Sport, Obinna Ogba (PDP, Ebonyi Central), has explained the reason
the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, failed in the
just concluded election. He said Atiku Abubakar should have allowed an Igbo man
to fly the flag of the Party as the presidential candidate.
According to him: “The National
Working Committee, NWC, deserves to be suspended, starting from the national
chairman who lost his booth, ward and state. All the conspirators who gave
tickets to those who understood their languages lost.
“Our presidential candidate
(Atiku Abubakar) had no business contesting the election. It could have been
left for an Igbo man. Even the presidential candidate (Atiku) is battling to
reclaim his state.”
He said further: “The people love
PDP. It is just the management of the party. No other party is as strong as the
PDP. Labour Party surprised many people with their exploits, but it was [only]
in the presidential election. Those in Labour Party are those who are angry at
what is happening in our party,” he stated.
Ogba, a PDP governorship aspirant
in Ebonyi State, noted that the 9th Senate will commence the amendment of the
Electoral Act to pave way for all elections to hold in one day.
He made this known while speaking
with newsmen in his hometown of Nkalagu community in Ishielu Local Government
Area of Ebonyi State.
He further said: “Before we wind
up at the National Assembly, I will be among those who will support an
amendment to the Electoral Act to make all elections [to] be held in one day.
This will save costs and lives. If one has three or more ballot papers, he can
cast his vote.”
According to him, he will use his
valedictory speech to tell Nigerians some blunt truths.
“I will tell Nigerians that it
will take a long time for us to be one. We should not deceive ourselves. Anyone
telling you that Igbos have been forgiven after the Civil War is deceiving
himself. It will take us a lot of time to speak our minds in this country, to
avoid being witch-hunted or killed. There is no freedom of speech,” he stated.
In a related development, Ogba
applauded the founding fathers of Ebonyi State for zoning the governorship
position to Ebonyi North senatorial zone, adding that the emergence of Francis
Nwifuru of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the governor-elect is a
divine arrangement.
“Whether we like it or not,
Ebonyi is our state. Political parties are just vehicles to get to our
destination. The leaders of the state decided that the north zone should
produce the governor. The NWC of PDP for reasons best known to them shot itself
in the foot. It decided to give the ticket to the incumbent governor’s cousin.”
He urged the people of the state
to give maximum support to the incoming government, saying of Francis Nwifuru:
“He is a young man with potential. Administrations are different. It is not
easy to preside over the House of Assembly for eight years. Nwifuru has got
experience. He knows the state in and out.”
Senator Ogba called on the
governor-elect to focus more on the empowerment of the masses to alleviate
poverty in the state.
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