Labour Party Picks Ifeanyi Uba For Anambra Guber Poll

An oil magnate, Mr Ifeanyi Ubah, in Awka, on Wednesday, emerged the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate for the November16 election.

Ubah was declared winner by the national chairman of the party, Chief Dan Nwanyanwu, after a voice vote and raising of hands from the 1,137 delegates who participated in the primary.

Nwanyanwu said Ubah was the only aspirant who picked and returned his nomination form on schedule and was, therefore, a sole aspirant of the party for the governorship race.

He said Article 24 of the party’s constitution allowed the selection of a candidate by acclamation, show of hands or through a secret ballot.

“Where you have one aspirant after the close of nomination forms and return, the congress will vote yes or no, and the constitution allowed him to decide how a winner will emerge,” the article stated.

The chairman urged the party members to work for Ubah’s victory at the polls.

“What you have done now is democracy in action and who becomes the governor of Anambra State will be decided by Anambra people and nobody else,” he said.