The
leading aspirant in the 2015 Delta State Governorship race, Tony Chucks Obuh
has been given the official nod by the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP)
to contest in the forthcoming primary elections of the party in Delta State.
The former Permanent Secretary was cleared by the zonal screening committee of
the party on Saturday, 22nd November, 2014 in Port Harcourt,
the Rivers State capital to fully participate in the December 8, 2014
governorship primaries.
Tony
Chucks Obuh who was accompanied to the zonal secretariat of the party located
along Aba road opposite the prestigious Presidential Hotel in the Rivers State
capital by party elders, stakeholders and campaign coordinators. The immediate
past permanent secretary, Government House and Protocol arrived at the party
office and was warmly received by a large crowd of party faithful and
supporters.
This
clearance puts to bed speculations that Tony Chucks Obuh was not qualified to
contest the 2015 governorship election on the platform of the party. Some detractors have in recent weeks been peddling rumours that Tony Obuh is not a
registered member of the PDP. Some other reports suggested that the technocrat
has not spent up to two years in the party and therefore will not be cleared to
run. About
two weeks ago, Tony Obuh submitted his expression of interest and nomination
forms to the National Secretariat of the party at Wadata Plaza in Abuja.
In
a related development, the chances of Tony Obuh sweeping the PDP primaries in Delta
State has been brightened as the National Working Committee of the Peoples’
Democratic Party (PDP) has accepted the result of the November 1 Ward Congress
in Delta State. The party only nullified results of three States where there
were serious complaints.
In
a release signed by the publicity secretary of the party, Olisa Metuh, the PDP
said that “Following Complaints in the conduct of the Ward Congresses of
November 1 in Cross River, Oyo and Lagos States, the National Working Committee
(NWC) at its meeting of Thursday, November 20, 2014 nullified the results of
Congresses in those States. Consequently, the NWC has approved that repeat Ward
Congresses be conducted in the aforementioned states on Monday, November 24,
2014.”
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