By Christiana Ekpa
Members of the Enugu Obidatti Coalition, on Thursday, restated their support for the Labour Party governorship candidate in Enugu State, Hon. Chijioke Edeoga.
The coalition, made up of different Obidient Movement groups in Enugu State, said the decision was taken after a careful study of Edeoga’s plan for the people of Enugu State.
At a press conference addressed by the leaders of the various groups, they noted that a New Enugu was possible with Edeoga as Governor.
Those at the media briefing inclued Dr. Chima Emmanuel Edoga, Lead Convener and Comrade Wilfred Okeke, Secretary, Arc. Eric Eyutchae, and Hon. John Chidi Uzoigwe, co-conveners.
They knocked some groups for attempting to impersonate the Obidient Movement in Enugu State, noting that “we have no faction whatsoever; we were the people that pioneered the one million-man march for Peter Obi, the PVC sensitization, among other movements for Obi-Datti in Enugu state.
“So, any person coming to lay claim to Obidient Movement in Enugu is an impostor. In any case, they said they are Obedients, which is a corruption of our right name: ‘Obidients.’
They observed that Enugu had in recent times yearned for a rebirth.
“The years of governance of the state by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has left bitter tastes in the mouths of many state residents/dwellers.
“The ruling party conducted Gubernatorial primaries which were described by many, as transactional, offered to the highest bidder, or to those who the establishment supported.
“Hon. Barr. Chijioke Edeoga was part of that infamous PDP gubernatorial primaries, but apparently could not withstand the power and money play.
“While still recovering from PDP primaries saga, Barr. Chijioke Edeoga put it on record that he received a call, from Mr. Peter Obi, to consider running for Governorship position under the Labour Party.
“After some weeks of reluctance, he accepted and emerged as the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party. His emergence was not without legal tussles that reached the Supreme Court.”
