The All Progressives Congress has nullified the disqualification of
Godwin Ezeemo from contesting for the party’s ticket to the November
16 gubernatorial election in Anambra State.
The party’s National Secretary, Tijani Tunsah, confirmed this to the
News Agency of Nigeria in a telephone interview on Saturday in Awka,
the Anambra State capital.
Tunsah said Ezeemo had, therefore, by the decision, been cleared to
contest the party’s gubernatorial primary election scheduled for
September 2 by the screening panel.
“I can confirm that the decision to disqualify Ezeemo has been
reversed and he has now been cleared to contest the primaries,” the
official said.
Ezeemo was earlier disqualified by the party’s screening panel on the
ground that he had dual citizenship.
But protests had trailed his disqualification, with Ezeemo heading to
the party’s primaries appeal panel.
Meanwhile, Ezeemo, following his clearance, had on Saturday arrived in
the state to the warm embrace of hundreds of APC supporters.
The supporters had thronged Amanse, the border town between Enugu
State and Anambra State, to receive him.
They had carried palcards, some of which read: “With Godwin Ezeemo,
Next Level”, “Here we come”, “The hero of our time, Ezeemo, is a
divine messenger”.
Addressing them, Ezeemo expressed deep appreciation for the support
given to him by the party faithful who came out to receive him in such
great numbers.
“Because of this, I will not disappoint you,” he said.
The governorship aspirant told the supporters that the reversal of his
disqualification followed the petition he forwarded to the appeal
panel via the internet.
“In view of this, I pledge that our children will be part of the
current internet technology,” he said.
Ezeemo pointed out that the state had not developed to the level it
ought to, promising to transform the state to its rightful
socio-economic position if he became its governor.
The party’s national caucus, at a meeting in Abuja, had adopted
Senator Chris Ngige as a consensus candidate for the Anambra State
gubernatorial election.
This had followed the stepping down by one of the gubernatorial
aspirants, Senator Annie Okonkwo, for Ngige.
Ezeemo had gone on to contest the decision and called for fair primaries.
“I called for a true internal democracy, which the party stands for,
and if at the end of a free and fair primary election on Monday I
lose, I will wholeheartedly give all my support for the party’s
success in the state,” the aspirant said.
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