Uche Ekwunife Decamped From PDP To APC (Untold Story Behind The Move)
After an appellate court seating at Enugu nullified the mandate of erstwhile Hon. Uche Lilian Ekwunife representing Anambra Central Senatorial district, it was expected that the charming lawmaker returns to her constituency and canvass for support for the rerun election.
Iyom, as she is fondly called, is a tenacious woman who has succeeded in private sector where she rose to public services. A two term gubernatorial aspirant in Anambra State had twice represented the largest federal constituency in the lower house of the hallowed chamber before her ill-fated election into the senate.
Iyom Ugochinyeleze Nwata is a strong political force in Anambra State. She has a large grassroot support that political analysts are in agreement that Ekwunife would win the rerun election with even a wilder margin. That is why PDP caucus preferred her to every other candidate for Anambra Central Senatorial ticket. The party has a tactical way of imposing their preferred candidate on the masses. Such candidate may not necessarily go through the kangaroo primary election, which serves as a mere formality. That formality was completely ignored as the party caucus handpicked the elegant lady and presented her to INEC for April 2015 election. She won! Yes, should would win again but is she qualified to participate in the rerun?
If the election was nullified on the account of irregularities or violence, Ada Ugo Igbo would be able to stand for rerun but her mandate was revoked by appellate court on the account that she did not emerge through constitutionally recognized primary election. Therefore, she is not qualified to participate in the rerun.
WHY SHE LEFT PDP
Ekwunife announced at Akwa Ibom that she has joined the APC in the most unglamorous fashion considering that she represented PDP for past 8 years before Chief Umeh of APGA defeated her in the appeal court. Her sudden found love in APC is not farfetched. If it is not a reprisal action against PDP that did not provide sufficient support in the appeal court, then she may voluntarily wants to aide Senator Ngige to return to the hallowed chamber and get back at Chief Victor Umeh.
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