Cecelia Ezeilo News Today

Governor Ugwuanyi’s absence at the rally has been linked to the ongoing rift between the G5 governors and the PDP national leadership.

Enugu State governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has failed to attend the presidential campaign rally of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, in the state. This is just as Atiku reportedly snubbed the deputy governor of Enugu State, Mrs Cecelia Ezeilo when she came to greet him during his campaign in the state, a development that caused commotion. The former vice president snubbed the deputy governor who came to greet him after speaking for about 30 seconds at the podium.

In some local governments, venues of the primary elections, heavy shootings were reported while in most centres, protests greeted the delegates’ list, as participants were reported to be sharply divided over which list of delegates to use for the conduct of the primaries.