PDP Tony Nwoye Heads For Tribunal

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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the November 16 gubernatorial election in Anambra, Mr Tony Nwoye, says he has filed a petition challenging the election of APGA’s Chief Willy Obiano at the election tribunal in Awka.

Nwoye made the disclosure yesterday in Awka, during an interactive session with stakeholders of the part.
 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had on Dec. 1, declared  Obiano of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) winner of the election.

Nwoye said the need to challenge the verdict of the poll became imperative because ``the whole world attest to the fact that the governorship election was fraught with fraud”.

He said that the leadership of the PDP both at the zonal and state levels had decided to petition  against the outcome of the election.

``This is contrary to speculations that the PDP will not go to court over the governorship election,” he said.
  Nwoye expressed  optimism that the PDP  would upstage APGA ``just like Gov. Peter Obi displaced Dr Chris Ngige and Dr Ifeanyi Uba through the instrumentality of the court’’.

He commended members of the party in the state for their support which ``enabled the PDP clinched the second position despite the fact that its campaign started two weeks before the election”.

Nwoye also commended President Goodluck Jonathan and the national leadership of the party for their support during the poll.

``PDP would have been an orphan in Anambra if not for the support of President Goodluck Jonathan, Chief Arthur Eze and some few other individuals,” he said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that Obiano polled 180,178 votes to emerge the winner of the election while Nwoye garnered 97,700 votes to place second.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Sen. Chris Ngige secured 95,963 votes while Dr Ifeanyyi Ubah of Labour Party scored 37,495 votes to place third and fourth respectively.