
Mr. Valentine Ozigbo
Anambra 2021: Finally, INEC publishes name of Ozigbo as PDP candidate

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Thursday, published the name of Valentine Ozigbo as the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the November 6 election.

The national electoral body, complying to the order of the Court of Appeal granted on Friday, September 3, has now published the names of Ozigbo and his running mate, Mrs Azuka Enemo as the governorship and deputy governorship candidates of the PDP.

The decision by INEC to finally list Ozigbo as the candidate of the PDP leaves another contender, Ugochukwu Uba, undecided over whether to approach the Supreme Court or rest his case, in view of the recent warning by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Tanko Mohammed to state chief judges against frivolous exparte rulings.
Suits filed by Uba and Ozigbo, as well as the ones by All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidates; Charles Soludo and his rival Chukwuma Umeoji dominated the plethora of questionable injunctions delivered by judges which irked Justice Mohammed.
Ahead of the clearance by INEC, the PDP had already inaugurated a 179-person National Campaign Council for the election, Thursday.
The event which held at the headquarters of the PDP, Wadata Plaza in Abuja had in attendance 11 PDP governors including the Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, who is the Vice Chairman of the National Campaign Council for the Anambra Poll; the Governor of Sokoto State, Governor Aminu Tambuwal, who is also the Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum.
Other dignitaries at the event were former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Governors Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom; Bala Mohammed of Bauchi; Duoye Diri of Bayelsa; Samuel Ortom of Benue; Godwin Obaseki of Edo; Govern Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu; Seyi Makinde of Oyo; Darius Ishaku of Taraba; and Aliyu Gusau, the Deputy Governor of Zamfara.
In less than two years, Ozigbo has created a political movement, the ‘Ka Anambra Chawapu’ movement that is poised to make political history in the November 6 poll.
He named a seasoned administrator, academic, and a two-time commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Mrs Azuka Enemo as his running mate in July, a decision that further boosts his chances in the election.