EKWEREMADU RETURNED UNOPPOSE AS PDP CANDIDATE FOR ENUGU WEST SENATORIAL DISTRICT

Senator Ike Ekweremadu

…Endorses Ifeanyi Uguwanyi For Guber

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu was yesterday, elected as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, senatorial candidate for Enugu West Senatorial zone in the 2015 election.
Senator Ekweremadu was returned unopposed with 294 valid votes cast by delegates from all the five local government areas in the senatorial zone.

This was even as he announced the decision of the PDP leaders in the state to throw their support behind Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to emerge as the PDP flab bearer in today's gubernatorial primaries.
The Returning Officer for Enugu West Senatorial District primary election, Mr. Innocent Agbo, declared Senator Ekweremadu after affirmative votes by delegates at Awgu Local Government where many PDP faithful had converged to witness the exercise.
Announcing the result, Agbo said: “I want to thank people of Enugu West for the orderly conduct of the primary election. Total delegates for Enugu West Senatorial District is 315.  But we had 299 accredited delegates.  Senator Ike Ekweremadu scored 294 votes.  We had 5 invalid votes.
In his acceptance speech, an elated Senator Ekweremadu announced that leaders of the party had resolved to back Hon. Ugwuanyi from Enugu North senatorial zone as the governorship candidate of the party in the state in line with their desire to ensure peace and justice for all the people of the state.
He thanked the Almighty God for giving him another opportunity to aspire to represent his people at the senate and dedicated his victory to God and Governor Sullivan Chime whom he described as his friend and brother.
Senator Ekweremadu applauded one of the governorship aspirants from his senatorial zone, Chief Anayo Onwuegbu for accepting to drop his ambition to ensure peace in the state saying his sacrifice was highly appreciated.

“So tomorrow we will go to Enugu and elect Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi as our governorship candidate.  Before this time tomorrow, by God’s grace, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi would be the flag bearer of PDP in Enugu State.”
Senator Ekweremadu who described his reelection to fly the PDP flag in next year election as a source of inspiration, said he felt refueled noting that “by the time we take off this time, the sky will be our limit.”