Fighting broke out at the Peoples Democratic Party’s special convention early Saturday as party delegates gathered to elect new officials. Popular Anambra politician, Chris Uba, was physically attacked.
Supporters
of Mr. Uba exchanged blows with other delegates after he was barred
from taking a seat at the Anambra pavilion where delegates were seated.
He was rough handled in the fight but later allowed to sit with the
delegates.
Mr. Uba and his brother, Andy Uba, a serving senator,
were earlier this week suspended by the party after they ignored party
summons for conducting parallel nomination for Anambra governorship
election.
Security agents moved in to quell the violence while
verbal exchanges continued. The two brothers eventually sat next to each
other and close to Tony Nwoye, the man the PDP headquarters recognises
as the party’s candidate in the November governorship election in
Anambra.
Chris Uba’s attackers said he had been suspended and had
no right to attend the Saturday’s party election. An Abuja court on
Friday lifted the suspension order on the brothers by the PDP.
About
3500 delegates are expected to vote for 75 candidates who are vying for
17 positions. President Goodluck Jonathan, who is attending the event,
praised the PDP as the best not only in the country but in Africa. He
said the PDP remained the only party with a well-articulated framework
for governance and development.
He said under the PDP
telecommunication, education, aviation, banking and infrastructure have
been transformed. “These are facts our critics are never willing to
acknowledge,” he said.
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