By Francis Igata

ENUGU — TWO opposition parties, the All Progressives Congress, APC and United Progressives Party, UPP, yesterday, bombed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Enugu State, chapter over the multiple parallel primaries that characterised the House of Representatives, Senate and governorship primaries to elect candidates for the various positions.

The PDP had been enmeshed in crisis over the authentic delegates list used for the conduct of primaries for the House of Representatives, Senate and governorship, forcing aggrieved aspirants to conduct parallel primaries in the state.

Reacting to the ugly development, the Chairman, APC, Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye said: “I announced the demise of PDP in the state a month ago. The evidence is what you are witnessing now. PDP will not field governorship, and Senate candidates in the forth- coming elections in the state. This is because PDP will be tied down in court trying to seek them out. They will not come out of it before the February general elections. The evil they committed have come to track them down.

“Look at the primaries for Enugu-North/Enugu-East senatorial districts. Multiple candidates emerged winners from multiple primaries. The aspirants jostling for these offices are not seeking to serve the people. Rather, they are seeking their own selfish interest. That is why you see them conduct multiple primaries.

“That is why they have destroyed their own party in their self political pursuit. I raised alarm when the endorsement of governorship candidate was fraudulently conducted by the party. The beneficiary of the exercise went to town thanking Enugu people as if he has been elected governor by Enugu people.

“Now the truth is out. The party has used non-delegates to elect him as the governorship candidate in disregard to subsisting court order and National Working Committee, NWC, stance.

In the same vein, National Chairman, UPP, Chief Chekwas Okorie, bemoaned the development in Enugu State PDP, saying, “it is a clear reflection of the level of internal democracy in the party. It started from the top when the governors and other top party officials gathered and endorsed the President and gave him right of first refusal. The same thing trickled down to the states. Enugu people should rise to the occasion and jettison PDP’s gambling going on the state.