By Cajetan Mmuta
A frontline governorship aspirant under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party for the November 6th gubernatorial election, Mrs. Chidi Onyemelukwe on Thursday cautioned the leadership of the party against subverting the wishes of delegates in next week’s primary of the PDP in the state.

Onyemelukwe who is the daughter of former Vice President of Nigeria, Late Dr. Alex Ekwueme, said she was confident about her competence, reach, and showing in the recent election of three-man Adhoc delegate of the party

She pointed that if the wishes of the people were allowed to stand, she would pick the picket of the party.

It is on record that the PDP Governorship primary to pick the Party’s flagbearer ahead of the epic Governorship contest has been scheduled for the 26th of this month.

Onyemelukwe in a statement in Awka the Anambra state capital campaign office said she welcomed what she described as the overall constructive and peaceful nature of the electoral process.

According to her, “We look forward to PDP headquarters officially providing all aspirants with the final outcome of the exercise within the ambit of the party’s electoral calendar and INEC’s requirements.”

The Governorship hopeful said, “Our campaign organization continues to follow closely, ongoing activities within the Anambra PDP family, and are elated by our performance per field assessment and feedback from the just concluded ad-hoc delegate elections. We wish to restate our total commitment to the pursuit of party unity regardless of all the court-related issues.”

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“It is the honest hope and prayer of our principal, Lady Chidi Onyemelukwe, that the anticipated success of our party at the general election is not hampered by intra-party squabbles or litigations.
“We are cognizant of the hard work undertaken to rebuild our party since 2017.”

“Efforts must be made for our party not to regress to the erstwhile fractious period. The attitude of our principal and our campaign organization has always been that the PDP umbrella is large enough to accommodate us all.”

She added that “From our interactions so far with Ndi Anambra, we are aware that our people are indeed desirous of the restoration of Anambra State to the right path to greatness; and that they are looking up to the PDP to lead that charge.”

”Lady Chidi Onyemelukwe, as a frontline aspirant for the Governorship of Anambra State, remains focused on the mission of securing the PDP ticket and winning the 2021 gubernatorial election. In keeping with her personality, mission, and commitment, our campaign activities remain policy and issue-focused,” the statement said.