As the date for the Anambra gubernatorial elections slated for November 16, 2013 draws nearer, the Labour Party has said that the winner of the election will be determined by the individual’s popularity among the people rather than the influence of the party which he or she belongs to.
Anambra State chairman of the Labour Party ( LP) Chief Sam Oraegbunam said this while reeling out the chances of the party’s guber candidate, Chief Ifeanyi Ubah, the Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas limited.
Oraegbunam also said the power of incumbency the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) will not be influential as he insisted that elections have always been decided by the personality of the candidates and involved and not the parties.
On the chances of the LP Governorship candidate Chief Ifeanyi Ubah, he noted that the chances of the LP candidate, Chief Ifeanyi Ubah are very high as stands taller than any other candidate.
“On this score, I can tell you that the LP candidate, in the Final analysis, the voters will tell you that the person they know is Chief Ubah, who has touched their lives in many ways than one. Go to the state and ask the people.
“Ubah is popular among the youths, market women, elders, traditional rulers, transporters, traders and artisan. He has touched their lives in various ways. He does not make a boast of it. He is a man who has made it and he want to lift the state to the next level. So, we are not afraid of the power of incumbency”, he said.
“They also know that the ruling party is playing two cards, appealing to the people using the name of Dim Ojukwu and playing the zoning card.
Oraegbunam said the allegation that a factional LP candidate exists are “ frivolous concoctions by political enemies” is determined not to worry over.
“Nobody is losing sleep over it. There is no faction in Anambra LP, which is the only party that is rancour free in the state.
He also noted that Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) has published the names of the candidates and their parties, and if there was any faction, the electoral body would have known and acted according.
He also said that there is no known court case against the candidature of Chief Ubah that is known to LP and the INEC.
“So, we are not losing sleep, we are rather focused on the election and working assiduously towards it.
“I can tell you that we have searched all our records from the state down to the wards and found no such name as Peter Nwosu. In fact the claimant is not a member of LP. He is not known to us at the state, national or at whatever level of the party”, the chairman noted.
A member of the Ifeanyi Ubah Media Campaign Team, Mr Emmanuel Ibeneme also noted that it is all rumour mongering by desperate politicians, who are jittery of the high level of acceptance of the LP candidate.
Ibeneme assured that the Labour Party will not succumb to lies and fabrications of its political opponents and will continue to pursue its main goal to of the state who will give a better stewardship.