Ahead of tomorrow’s gubernatorial primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State, the national leadership of the party has reversed the disqualification of Mr Godwin Ezeemo from contesting for the party’s ticket for the November 16 governorship election in the state.
Ezeemo was earlier disqualified by the party’s screening panel on the ground that he had dual citizenship.
The national caucus of the party in a meeting in Abuja after one of the gubernatorial aspirants, Senator Annie Okonkwo, stepped down for Senator Chris Ngige adopted the later as the consensus candidate for the Anambra gubernatorial election.
Based on protests over his disqualification, Ezeemo was later cleared by the party’s appeal panel to contest the primaries.
Following his clearance, Ezeemo yesterday arrived in the state into the warm embrace of hundreds of his supporters who thronged the Amanse, the border town between Enugu and Anambra States.
The enthusiastic supporters carried cards which variously read: “With Godwin Ezeemo, Next Level, here we come”, “The hero of our time, Ezeemo is as a divine messenger”, “Anambra 2003, not 2013”.
In his speech Ezeemo expressed deep appreciation for the support given to him by the party faithful, coming out to receive him in such great numbers, saying that he would not disappoint them.
He pointed out that the reversal of his disqualification followed the petition he forwarded to the appeal panel via the internet, pledging that, “Our children will be part of the current internet technology.”
He pointed out that Anambra State had not developed in the pace it ought to, saying that if he becomes the governor he would transform the state to its rightful socio-economic position.
Meanwhile, as a result of disappointments over the adoption of Nigige by the party, the state chairman of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Prince Chuba Ike Agwu stated that all members of the party in the state had decamped the newly registered Peoples Democratic Movement, PDM.
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