“Our deep concern is her record which showed that she dumps political parties at will, leaving the parties in its wake factionalized – PDP, APGA, PPA, back to PDP, and now to APC. “
Facts emerged why the All Progressives
Congress (APC) screening committee for the Anambra State Central
Senatorial District has rejected the candidature of Uche Ekwunife, who
recently dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the now-ruling
party.
According to the report of the
screening, the committee nailed former Senator Ekwunife for dumping
political parties at will which contravenes Section 4(3) of the 2014
Guideline for Nomination of Candidate for Public Office.
According to the report, “our deep
concern is her record which showed that she dumps political parties at
will, leaving the parties in its wake factionalized - from the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), to
Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA), back to PDP or vice versa and now to
APC.
“She is more or less a fair-weather-hen.
Therefore, her antecedent contravenes Section 4(3) of the 2014
Guideline for Nomination of Candidate for Public Office. Caution is
valour."
But, Senator Ikeazor Sharon Olive was
committed member of the party who has been with the party from defunct
All Nigeria Progress Peoples Party (ANPP), a women leader of the defunct
Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and woman leader interim National
Executive Committee of APC.
In the committee findings, it said:
“Ikeazor Sharon Olive was a member of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples
Party (ANPP), a woman leader of the defunct Congress for Progressive
Change (CPC) and woman leader interim National Executive Committee of
our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“She is also a member of our Board of
Trustees (BOT). Her trajectory shows loyalty, perseverance and
consistency to the emergence of our progressive party.
“It is our considered view that she
fulfilled Section 4 of 2014 Guidelines for the Nomination of Candidates
for Public Office and all relevant sections of the Electoral Act and the
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“In conclusion, she is qualified, and,
therefore, we recommend her for nomination as the candidate of our great
party for Anambra State Central Senatorial District.”
The committee – made up of Mr Osita Okechukwu (chairman), Alhaji Garba Umar (secretary),
Barr. Abdullahi Aliyu (member), Hon.
Mrs. Bunmi Oririowo (member) and Lady Mary Aipoh (member) – cited
Ekwunife’s history of dumping political parties.
The screening committee, convened on
Monday, was mandated to take into consideration, full information on
aspirants as relates to their educational qualification, political
experience, working experience, team spirit and integrity.
It was asked to scrutinize the profile
of aspirants regarding integrity and fulfillment of all the relevant
sections of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2010
Electoral Act and Guideline for Nomination of candidates of our great
party, the APC.
To aid its assignment, a score board
analysis of the parameters set out above was made, and members scored
all aspirants based on biodata/education (20 points), experience
(public/private, 20 points), integrity and personal character (40
points), and party loyalty and support (20 points).
The guidelines set a
pass mark of 51 points for the aspirants.
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