Maduako Igbokwe l Saturday, May 28, 2022
ONITSHA, Anambra – Member, Board of Trustee (BoT) of Peoples Democratic Party PDP Sir, Chris Uba, senator representing Anambra Central District Iyom Uche Ekwunife and senator representing Anambra North senatorial District Senator Stella Oduah on Friday picked the party tickets for 2023 election .
Sir Chris Uba picked the ticket of Anambra South Senatorial District under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party PDP after scoring 348 votes out of 454 votes cast at the primary election held in Awka Anambra state .
While Ngozi Onuegbu scored seven votes, Valetine Ozigbo three votes , Mrs Queen Peace four votes and Obinna Uzoh zero votes.
Ekwunife was returned unopposed because nobody contested against her. Stella Odauh pulled 278 votes out of the total votes of 297 to emerge the winner of Anambra North Senatorial candidate ,while Tony Nwoye got one votes and no vote was recorded by John Okechwu
However , two of the aspirants for Anambra South Senatorial District election of PDP Bar Obinna Uzor and Valentine Ozigbo withdrew from the, contest contending that he has no confidence in the electoral process.
Also Tony Nwoye withdrew from north senatorial contest few days to the election. Our correspondent gathered Anambra south and north conducted their primaries because of the security challenges in their zones.
The Anambra PDP primary election was witnessed by Independent Electoral Commission INEC and delegation from party national office .
