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The Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure free and fair election during the re-run polls for Anambra Central senatorial zone.
Addressing PDP supporters in Awka, the state chairman of the party, Prince Kenneth Emeakayi warned against the use of security operatives to intimidate voters saying that any attempt to employ such a style would be an invitation to anarchy.
He said: “Our position is that every vote must count. I am advising former members of PDP who recently defected to All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop boasting that they would use security operatives to their advantage during the exercise.”
Emeakayi noted that the party was prepared for the senatorial election in Anambra Central as it is already working towards conducting primaries to select its candidate for the election.
Mrs. Uche Ekwunife, who was elected senator on the platform of PDP to represent the zone, was removed by the Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu with an order for a rerun to be conducted within 90 days following a petition filed by the candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Victor Umeh.
Meanwhile, elected PDP officials in Anambra Central Senatorial zone have called for the immediate release of the detained National Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief Olisa Metuh.
In a solidarity message they delivered to the Anambra State chairman of the party, Prince Kenneth Emeakayi, the officials from all the 109 wards in the state condemned the continued incarceration of Metuh, describing it as politically motivated and aimed at silencing the voice of the opposition.
They further passed a vote of confidence on Emekayi for the actions he has been taking in the struggle to ensure that Metuh regained his freedom,
They also endorsed the postponement of the ward and senatorial congresses of PDP earlier scheduled for January 7 -9, 2016 because of the detention of Metuh and promised to mobilize their members for a new date for the exercise.
•Photo shows Emeakayi.
