By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor

THE camps of Dr. Tony Nwoye, the APC candidate and that of Mr. Oseloka Obaze, the candidate of the PDP are moving to limit potential damages from rivals who lost out in the respective primaries of the two parties. Dr. Nwoye, according to sources, has met with all those who lost out in the party primaries with the notable exception of Senator Andy Uba, his closest rival in the APC primaries.

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The Nwoye camp is said to be still apprehensive of the intentions of Senator Uba despite the assurances from Uba that he would collapse his structure into Nwoye’s camp and that he would not leave the party. It is the second time that Nwoye would defeat his former “boss” in the quest for a party ticket, the first being in 2013 when he emerged as the PDP candidate in that year’s governorship election at the expense of Uba.

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Though Senator Uba had pledged to support the candidate, party chieftains are, however, fretful following reports of petitions to the party allegedly authored by Uba’s associates seeking to derail the emergence of Dr. Nwoye as the candidate.

In the PDP, associates of Mr. Obaze are also frightful of moves by Chief Ifeanyi Ubah to drag the process to the court following his loss in the party primary. Obaze has been making moves to make peace with those he vanquished including Ubah. It was learnt that Obaze met with key stakeholders in the residence of Ubah on Wednesday where moves were made to straighten the rough edges.