By Ikenna Asomba

THE Ayogu Eze Governorship Campaign Organisation has raised alarm over alleged attempt by the Peoples Democratic Party in Enugu State to force Senator Ayogu Eze out of the 2015 governorship race in the state.

In a statement by its legal adviser, Kingsley Onyeke, the organisation claimed the party had descended on its candidate for daring to object to an attempt by the party to impose a predetermined candidate ahead of the November 29, 2014 governorship primaries in the state.

The statement said “it has come to our attention that party officials at the local government and ward levels at their candidate’s senatorial district are being coerced to sign prepared texts which were shipped down from Enugu alleging that they support the contrived consensus candidate of the party.”

Arguing that election remained the only distinguishing feature of any democracy, the organisation wondered why the PDP in Enugu State was afraid of primaries which it said would afford the people of the State the opportunity to choose a candidate after their heart. Onyeke urged the party officials to resist any attempt by anybody to force them to sign documents sent to them by anybody, reminding them of the oath they swore to provide a level playing field for aspirants to all positions in the State.