The All
Progressives Congress has commenced moves to win Enugu West Senatorial District
, currently held by Deputy Senate President , Ike Ekweremadu , in 2019.
Ekweremadu
is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party.
APC National
Vice Chairman , South - East , Chief Emma Eneukwu , represented by the zonal
publicity secretary , Hyacinth Ngwu, declared on Friday that his party must win
the senatorial district in the 2019 general elections.
Eneukwu
spoke at a rally organised to receive Donald Nnadi , a former PDP Chairman in
Udi Local Government Area , who had just defected to the APC.
Enugu West
Senatorial District comprises two federal constituencies – Udi / Ezeagu and
Awgu / Oji /Aninri – and Ekweremadu , who is from Awgu / Oji /Aninri Federal
Constituency , has been serving as the senator representing the district in the
National Assembly since 2003.
Power has
stayed in Awgu / Oji /Aninri for too long and for equity and fairness, it must
shift to Udi /Ezeagu, Eneukwu said at the rally , which held at Ngwo - Uno, a
community in Udi LGA.
“ Before the
2015 elections, we said we would not give our ticket to a federal constituency
whose representative has gone three times; that was why our candidate came from
here (Udi ).
“ We have
told Greater Awgu (Ekweremadu ’ s constituency ) that they have stayed too long
.
“ For equity
and fairness, it must shift , ” Eneukwu said.
Also
speaking at the event , a former Governor of Enugu State, Sullivan Chime, who
recently joined the APC after declaring that the PDP was “ dead and buried ”,
said it was not proper for one person to spend 16 years in a political office.
Apparently
referring to the Deputy Senate President , Chime said , “ It is only where you
don’ t have anybody that somebody spends 16 years in power. ”
“ Anybody
who cannot survive outside politics should not join politics . You must serve
yourself before you serve others, ” the former governor added.
It is being
speculated that Chime, who attempted to unseat Ekweremadu as the senator
representing Enugu West in 2015 , would once again contest the senatorial seat
with the Deputy Senate President in 2019, as the APC candidate.
Chime, like
Ekweremadu , is also from Enugu West , but he is from the Udi /Ezeagu Federal
Constituency.
Chairman of
the APC in Enugu State, Dr . Ben Nwoye , said they were at Ngwo - Uno to
welcome Nnadi , and urged the people of the area to join the party.
Nwoye said
APC would ensure “ a progressive and prosperous Nigeria . ”
The rally
was attended by old and new members of the APC in Enugu State.
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