Ex-Transcorp boss, Ozigbo, wins Anambra PDP gov primary

A former Chief Executive Officer of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria, Valentine Chineto Ozigbo has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election in Anambra State.

Ozigbo scored 62 votes to emerge as the party’s flagbearer for the November 6 governorship election in the state.

His closest rival, Obiora Okonkwo, got a total of 58 votes in the primary.

The primary was backed by the national working committee (NWC) of the party.

The result was announced by Philip Shaibu, deputy governor of Edo State and secretary of the party’s electoral committee.

Earlier, the Chris Uba-led faction had organised its primary election at the University of St. Paul, Awka, capital of the state.

Ugochukwu Uba, a former senator, was elected governorship candidate of the primary conducted by the Anambra PDP faction.

Two factions have been battling for the soul of the party in Anambra following an internal crisis.

Recently, a federal high court in Abuja had sacked the party’s executive council at the state and LGAs levels.

On June 9, the court dismissed three applications filed by the national office of the PDP and two others for a stay of judgement pending the determination of the appeal.

The court also directed the party to use the November 2017 delegates in conducting its governorship primary election.

On Friday, the national leadership of the PDP dissolved all its executives in Anambra and directed its south-east zonal caretaker committee to oversee the management of the chapter.

Also, the Independent National Electoral Commission has said it will comply with the judgement of the high court on the sacking of the executives.