Mr Emmanuel Chinda, Chairman of the Congress Committee in the state, said
major stakeholders of the party had earlier met to harmonise the positions.
Major stakeholders of the party within the state, this reporter gathered, are of the opinion that the national leadership of the party should not leave the current exercise of choosing the party's governorship candidate for the November 16 election in the hands of the cronies of any of these factional leaders.
DAILY POST recalls that most of
the major stakeholders of the party, including former Governor of the old Anambra State, Senator Chief Jim Nwobodo and the Director - General of the Voice of Nigeria, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, had hailed the peaceful and credible conduct of the exercise.
Not exact matches
According to Nwala, Otti took the measure after consulting with leaders
of his
party as well as
major stakeholders and a cross-section
of the people
of the state freely gave him during the election.
Addressing
major stakeholders in the state, including the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu; members
of the National and State Assemblies; Council Chairmen and members
of the State Executive Council; as well as Peoples Democratic
Party chieftains at the Government House, the governor explained: «On Sunday, April 24, 2016, by 7 pm, the night before this carnage took place, I got security information from Uzo - Uwani Local Government Transition Chairman, Hon. Cornell Onwubuya that such an incident was likely to take place in the state.
Tinubu, at a meeting with the aspirants on Sunday night, which had
major party stakeholders in attendance, demanded fair play from them even as he assured
of a level playing ground in the contest
of who succeeds the outgoing governor, Babatunde Fashola.
Elders and
major stakeholders of Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, in Akwa Ibom State have accused the All Progressives Congress, APC,
of plans to forcefully take over...