Prince Ejeh Josh
Following the ongoing ‘thank you tours of the various local government areas in the Enugu State recently embarked by the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State, Barr. Peter Mbah, indications have emerged that some political camps and opposition parties are becoming jittery.
Confirming this development in Ikem, Isi Uzo council’s headquarters, Dr Peter Mbah, the party’s governorship hopeful, in a thank you visit to the people of the local council area, on Tuesday, said reports of the anxiety in the opposition parties over his increasing popularity and wide acceptance by the electorate is evident from their tirade of invectives in the media.
Disclosing his reason for embarking on the thank you visit, which commenced last week Tuesday, Mbah said it behooved on him to show his gratitude to the people that voted for him during the just concluded PDP governorship primary election and on whose mandate he is flying the party’s flag.
While re-echoing his earlier position, Mbah, a former Chief of Staff to the Governor and Commissioner for Finance in the state, dissociated himself and the tour from any campaign colouration, stressing that expression of gratitude to party loyalists was different from canvassing for votes from the electorate.
Commending the PDP stakeholders and members in Isi Uzo for giving him “99.99 % votes,” Mbah assured them of his readiness to reciprocate their support with good governance if elected in 2023.
Earlier on, the PDP Woman Leader in the local government, Hon. Mrs. Virginia Edeh, dismissed as a hoax, any threat from other political parties in the local government council, adding that Isi Uzo people have always known and identified with one political party which is the PDP.
Mrs Edeh who assured of their readiness to give PDP all the votes from the council area added that Mbah’s pedigree alone would be a huge credible factor that would market him before the electorate.
“Our Incoming governor, by the grace of God, is going to emerge victorious come 2023. He’s the only candidate we know. We are mobilizing women from all the nook and crannies of the local government for his victory.
“Isi Uzo has no opposition. We shall be giving those rearing their heads, if any, a hot chase. We shall give them a run for their money. We are the winning women of Isi Uzo,” she maintained.
