GOVERNOR Sullivan Chime of
Enugu state, Monday, laughed
off media reports that some PDP
stakeholders were pushing to
replace him with Engr. Anayo
Onwuegbu as the party ’s
gubernatorial candidate for the
2011 elections describing those
behind the move as “dreamers”.
Gov Sullivan Chime of Enugu
State
Chime’s reaction came even as
he declared Thursday and Friday
this week work free days to
enable eligible voters to ensure
that they were duly registered
for the elections.
The Governor who spoke at a
special prayer session at the
Government House to herald the
New Year, maintained that he
was the only recognised
flagbearer of the party in the
elections, adding that he had
already filled and filed the
necessary forms with the
Independent National Electoral
Committee (INEC).
He stressed that any other
claimant to the ticket must be
talking about another party and
not the PDP and urged both
party members and the people
of Enugu state to refuse to be
deceived or distracted by the
antics of some whom he said
were simply out to cause
mischief.
Engr. Onwuegbu had last
weekend told reporters that he
was the authentic PDP
gubernatorial candidate for
Enugu State having been
elected by genuine delegates
that emerged from the party’s
congresses and primary held by
the Okey Ogbonna-led Executive
under the supervision of the
Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC and
conducted by the Senator
Sylvester Ngele-led panel of the
party.
He contended that Chime who
emerged from the Vita Abba-led
executive that had since been
dissolved by the PDP National
Working Committee, cannot
claim to be the party ’s candidate
because he was elected by
illegal and unauthorized
delegates.
But Chime dismissed his claim
as laughable insisting that the
PDP in the state has remained
one despite efforts by some
people to divide it.
“You People should not mind
those people who are making
themselves PDP flagbearers on
the pages of newspapers, they
are only dreaming. No one holds
the PDP gubernatorial ticket in
Enugu but me ”.
Director General of Chime’s
campaign organisation, Dr
Festus Uzor, had also in a chat
with reporters at the weekend,
declared that only one
gubernatorial primaries was
held in Enugu State on January
12, 2011 during which Chime
was returned and so declared by
Alhaji Isa Tafida, the Chairman
of the panel that conducted the
primaries.
He noted that the primaries had
been widely televised and
viewed across the country
adding that anyone purporting
to have conducted any other
primaries or is presenting any
other candidate was merely
deceiving people and trying to
create the semblance of a
division.
Conducting the prayer session,
the Anglican Bishop of Enugu,
Dr Emmanuel Chukwuma,
prophesied that Chime ’s
political enemies would fail in
their efforts to unseat him as his
mandate was divine.
He warned them to desist from
any action that would truncate
peace in the state in pursuit of
selfish reasons adding that they
should rather join forces with
the Governor to complete the
good works he had started in the
state.
“I warn all those fighting
(Governor) Chime that enough is
enough! They should not
truncate the good works of the
Governor and the peace we have
been enjoying in Enugu state for
selfish and personal reasons.
God has already anointed
Governor Chime to lead Enugu
state and today I also confirm
that he will be the Governor of
the state for the next four
years, ” he said.
The Bishop, who also anointed
the Governor with holy oil,
further urged all political office
seekers in the state to ensure
that they had the best
intentions of the people at heart
warning that churches in the
state would be mobilised to
ensure that unfit persons were
not allowed to be voted into
office.

www.vanguardngr.com/2011/01/nobody-can-take-pdp-ticket-from-me-chime/

All those old rogues, nwobodo,nwodo, ken nnamani and co. should allow this chime to continue the good works that is evident in enugu state. The truth is that chime has refused the business as usual syndrome at the detriment of these old mumus. Carry on chime, with your people oriented leadership. Enugu people and your eastern brothers praise ur good works everywhere I go. I say thumbs up.

^^^Amin

I have heard so much about this from my friends and this forum. I hope these old fools would not kick him out. Are they not tired? Anyway, a dream ticket for all Nigerians would be fashola and Chime (although, not now but in the future). Amen!