A former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State, Prince Kenneth Emeakayi, has shown interest in the position again, lamenting that the dissolution of the structures of the party in the state is keeping the party from being adequately represented.
Emeakayi made the statement in Awka while declaring his intention to lead the party again.
It would be recalled that Emeakayi led the party until October last year when the national leadership of the party dissolved all the structures in the state.
Emeakayi said he has begun consultations at all levels in preparation for the contest noting that the congresses became overdue because Anambra is the only state that does not have structure of PDP at present.
He said: “Because of the absence of the structure of the party in the state, Anambra is the only state not represented at meetings convened by PDP.
“I have declared interest in the race and it is the NWC (National Working Committee) that will conduct the congress. It is not Olisa Metuh that will conduct it because such an exercise cannot take place without the approval of NWC.
“Let me assure members of PDP and stakeholders of the party in the state that I will contest. I am already consulting. If I win, fine, if I don’t win, I go home.”
He, however, explained that it was because of the vacuum that he approached the Federal High Court, Awka before the last general elections for the court to compel the NWC to conduct the congresses in the state but the court the court ruled that it was purely a party affair.
He stressed that the NWC toed the right step by choosing to plan the congresses for the ward, local government and state levels, saying that he would stand in for the contest of the state chairman of the party.
“There is no member of PDP who would not favor the conduct of the congresses. The former governorship candidate of PDP in the 2015 election, Chief Tony Nwoye also favored the conduct of the congresses when he hosted a meeting of members of the party in Awka recently,” he said.
•Photo shows Emeakayi.
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