Speaking in a telephone Interview with Newsmen, Mr. Anayo Ekeanya, Special Adviser( Media) to Senator Stella Oduah said the senator was among four other aspirants who staged a protest in Awka Capital Territory, Anambra State.
Ekeanya said other people who protested included: a member of the House of Representatives, Lynda Ikpeazu; Chairman of Capital Oil Dr. Ifeanyi Uba as well as former Minister of State for Transportation, Prince John Emeka.
According to him, the Senator has threatened to abstain from the race if the party does not consider the demands of the aspirants over the delegates’ conference which was marred with irregularities.
Speaking in a telephone interview, Oduah confirmed the protest adding that the aspirants could not allow the party to begin another era of imposition.
She maintained that she would protest to the end or abstain from the primaries if the party does not revisit the delegates’ conference.
“As if the case of hijacking was not enough, the ultimate result of the ward congress which was submitted by the Secretary of the panel was switched for a doctored result.
It should be recalled that this has been the reason our party has been losing gubernatorial elections in Anambra,’’ she said.
She disclosed that she had petitioned the National Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, over the matter, and threatened to withdraw from the primary if the party failed to address the problem.
