2023: Controversy over PDP House of Reps ticket to Imo
Aloysius Igwe, a House of Representative aspirant from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, has sued the PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over an alleged replacement of his name in as the elected candidate for his constituency.
Mr. Igwe said he contested and won the party primary for the federal constituency of Oru East-Orsu-Orlu in the state, but a new primary was held where Kinglsey Onyegbula, another contender, emerged. winner.
how it startedThe PDP held its House of Representatives primary in the constituency between May 25-26, where five candidates competed for the ticket.
In the exercise, monitored by INEC, Mr Igwe garnered a total of 39 votes to defeat his nearest rival, Kingsley Onyegbula, who garnered 36 votes, according to the result of the exercise obtained by PREMIUM TIMES.
Aloysius Igwe"The primary election was duly monitored by INEC from the state office and the INEC headquarters in Abuja. The party has substantially complied with relevant laws and guidelines guiding the conduct of the primaries,” V.O. Nwokeabia said in a letter to INEC's Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Francis Ezeonu.
Mr. Nwokeabia, who is the head of INEC's election and party monitoring department in Imo state, attached the results of the party's primaries in the letter dated May 27.
“From the accreditation of delegates to the conduct of the election, there was transparency and openness and there were no protests or objections of any kind after the announcement of the results on the spot,” said said Mr. Nwokeabia, a lawyer, in the letter.
New twistDespite separately affirming Mr. Igwe as the winner of the primary, the PDP and INEC did not recognize him as a candidate.
Earlier, on June 3, there was speculation of a plot by a senior PDP leader to help one of the candidates who lost in the exercise, Mr Onyegbula, to organize a new primary for reverse the result of the previous exercise.< /p>
Troubled by the speculation, Mr Igwe wrote to the REC, Mr Ezeonu, advising that if there was such a decision, he (Mr Igwe) would not participate in the "kangaroo exercise".
He received no response.
Aloysius Igwe, a House of Representative aspirant from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, has sued the PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over an alleged replacement of his name in as the elected candidate for his constituency.
Mr. Igwe said he contested and won the party primary for the federal constituency of Oru East-Orsu-Orlu in the state, but a new primary was held where Kinglsey Onyegbula, another contender, emerged. winner.
how it startedThe PDP held its House of Representatives primary in the constituency between May 25-26, where five candidates competed for the ticket.
In the exercise, monitored by INEC, Mr Igwe garnered a total of 39 votes to defeat his nearest rival, Kingsley Onyegbula, who garnered 36 votes, according to the result of the exercise obtained by PREMIUM TIMES.
Aloysius Igwe"The primary election was duly monitored by INEC from the state office and the INEC headquarters in Abuja. The party has substantially complied with relevant laws and guidelines guiding the conduct of the primaries,” V.O. Nwokeabia said in a letter to INEC's Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Francis Ezeonu.
Mr. Nwokeabia, who is the head of INEC's election and party monitoring department in Imo state, attached the results of the party's primaries in the letter dated May 27.
“From the accreditation of delegates to the conduct of the election, there was transparency and openness and there were no protests or objections of any kind after the announcement of the results on the spot,” said said Mr. Nwokeabia, a lawyer, in the letter.
New twistDespite separately affirming Mr. Igwe as the winner of the primary, the PDP and INEC did not recognize him as a candidate.
Earlier, on June 3, there was speculation of a plot by a senior PDP leader to help one of the candidates who lost in the exercise, Mr Onyegbula, to organize a new primary for reverse the result of the previous exercise.< /p>
Troubled by the speculation, Mr Igwe wrote to the REC, Mr Ezeonu, advising that if there was such a decision, he (Mr Igwe) would not participate in the "kangaroo exercise".
He received no response.
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