Chief Chinedu Eya, a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Enugu State, on Friday exonerated Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi from the alleged manipulation of the just-concluded party primaries in the state.
Eya, a former Enugu North Senatorial aspirant on PDP platform said in Lagos that aggrieved participants in the primaries should follow the path of peace.
According to him, outcomes of the primaries were reflection of the choice of party faithful and those who failed to clinch the party’s tickets should not link such inability to the influence of Ugwuanyi.
Eya, who described Ugwuanyi as a lover of peace and promoter of democracy, said that the governor’s insistence on primary elections as against consensus was to ensure that the people’s will triumphed.
He said: “Rather than bringing down the party, I urge the aggrieved aspirants and their supporters to seek redress through the party’s internal mechanism for the resolution of complaints as the party’s door is wide open to accommodate grievances.
“Governor Ugwuanyi we all know is a man of peace, lover of democracy and promoter of people’s interest. People should please count him out of any conspiracy in their losses.
“Anybody linking him to manipulation in the just-concluded primaries is only on a long journey to nowhere.
“I can understand there may be genuine complaints arising from the exercises, but they should know our party has an internal system capable of handling these issues.”
The party chieftain, who advised the governor to continue his good work for posterity, said there was a need to bring everybody onboard.
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