A chieftain of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Chief Sylvester Ugochinyere Eze, has taken swipes at Sir Chinyeaka Ohaa and other leaders of the party for abandoning the NDC candidate in last Saturday’s bye-election in Enugu North senatorial district.
In a statement made available to journalists in Nsukka on Wednesday, Chief Eze said although what happened on June 20 didn’t qualify to be described as an election, the NDC candidate, Bishop Oscar Okwudili Ossai, could have lost in a free and fair poll because he received little support from his party’s presumed governorship candidate Sir Chinyeaka Ohaa and others.
“There was no time for campaigns,” he said, “but even for the three or four days to the election, Ohaa was not seen anywhere in Nsukka zone. Not even at the mega rally of June 18 that Peter Obi was expected.”
He added that Ossai needed endorsements from notable NDC gladiators.
“His opponent in the bye-election had the backing of Government House which had access to unlimited funds. But important personalities in his party were all over him at campaign rallies. The NDC candidate didn’t enjoy similar support.
“Even on the election eve, a critical period, Ohaa was said to have held a meeting in his house in Enugu, and he invited all NDC aspirants to the meeting. His intention, then, was to frustrate his party’s candidate in the bye-election, since these key personalities who were supposed to rally round him were all drawn to Enugu, thus abandoning the scene of
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