By Anayo Okoli

UMUAHIA—A member representing Bende Federal Constituency of Abia State, in the House of Representatives Mr. Nnenna Ukaeje, is presently fighting the political battle of his life as stakeholders in the constituency, are opposed to his return to the House for the third term.

Ukaeje won the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ticket to contest for the third term to represent the area in the House of Representative.

But the stakeholders drawn from 11 communities in the constituency at a meeting in Alayi, allegedly rejected her candidacy.

A statement issued after the meeting and signed by Ikenga Charles Ijioma, on behalf of the stakeholders, claimed Ukaeje third term bid contradicted the existing rotational arrangement between the two Ikwuishi and Umunna in constituency.

They further accused Ukaeje of “incompetence, pride, under representation, and disrespectful to elders.”

The stakeholders also accused the PDP of imposing Ukaeje on the constituency against the will of the people and threatening that the party would pay dearly by losing the seat in the 2015 election and vowed to support the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Alfred Udensi, who they claimed was their consensus candidate to restore the existing zoning formula.

“In rejecting Nnenna Ukaeje and choosing Alfred Udensi, we affirm that our constituency is tired of political qualities of complacency, inefficiency, and arrogance she has exhibited these eight years; she will not represent us a gain, a better Bende man should take over. She boasts too much about her contacts with so many top Nigerians and lacks the requisite humility to continue to represent us.

“Prince Nnanna Njoku from Ikwuishi took only one term and gave chance to Hon Earnest Aja from Umunna who also did a single tenure but this woman has broken the ancient landmark by taking two terms yet she is not satisfied.