By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, Ogu Bundu Nwadike, who also is the state’s publicity secretary, has predicted a win for the PDP in the October 31, senatorial bye-election.
The bye-election is for the Imo North (Okigwe Zone) Senatorial District seat that became vacant following the death of the occupier, Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu.
Nwadike said the PDP would win the election with a moonslide and landslide margin based on the peace and love, unity and progress that has become the true identity of the party in the state.
“It’s so amazing Imo PDP now exists in an unprecedented unity, peace and progress! That’s quite critical and crucial for success in elective politics.
“The fact that the current State Chairman of Imo PDP, Engr. Charles Ugwuh, is a very illustrious son of Okigwe Zone and a very experienced astute politician, is another factor that will further enhance the push and drive by PDP to win the Okigwe bye-election on October 31,” Nwadike said.
The party spokesman said the Okigwe Zone, just like Imo State, has always been a PDP territory since the dawn of the 4th Republic in 1999.
“That’s an incontrovertible truth, in spite of bad politics by bad politicians. So, the imminent victory of PDP in the October 31, 2020 bye-election will, therefore, be a reclaim and regain of what rightfully belongs to the PDP. Okigwe is for PDP and PDP is for Okigwe,” he said.
According to Nwadike, the APC which won the Okigwe Senate seat via Uwajumogu, hijacked the victory from the PDP through duress.
“Unarguably, Imo PDP, as at the time of the 2015 general elections and the subsequent political hostilities and brouhaha, was unfortunately housing some of the worst political vampires anyone can see in a nightmarish dream.
“They betrayed and sabotaged Imo PDP in all ramifications. They were PDP in body but APC in soul and spirit. They were robbing Imo PDP to pay Imo APC.
“But as the Supreme God would have it, those Egyptians Imo PDP saw in 2015, they don’t see in Imo PDP again. Pharaoh and his soldiers have since drowned in the Red Sea of Imo politics. They’re now neither here nor there, spoiling any party they gatecrash into,” he said.
According to Nwadike, the shameful departure of those ‘Obote’ men has given birth to a rebranded PDP, where love and peace, unity and progress have continued to reign seamlessly supreme.
“The result was the spectacular victory of PDP in guber election in 2019. Imo PDP won with a wide margin. It defeated it’s closest opponent with about 100,000 votes cast by Imo people for PDP.
“And even after the same “political spoilers of PDP par excellence” did everything humanly possible to edge Imo PDP out of Douglas House on January 14, 2020, Imo people still see Imo PDP in Douglas House. It’s PDP everywhere you go in Imo State!
“That can’t be unconnected with the people-oriented programmes and projects that were established by the Imo PDP RebuildImo administration in its seven-month tenure led by His Excellency, Governor Emeka Ihedioha CON,” he said.
