The plot to replace Ike Ekweremadu as the PDP senator representing Enugu West crystallises in the throwing up of Ogochukwu Agapitus Umunnakwe Onyema by a faction of the party backed by Governor Sullivan Chime
For Ike Ekweremadu, the Deputy Senate President, these are tough times. Many of his constituents at Enugu West, which he represents at the upper chamber, are not happy with him. They complain that his being in power at various levels has not impacted positively on their lives. Even the people of Mpu, where Ekweremadu hails from in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State, are not pleased with his performance. They complain that they lack public utilities and cannot travel home due to bad roads in the area, especially during the rainy season. This is despite their son having been in government as former Aninri council boss, Chief of Staff to ex-governor Chimaroke Nnamani, Secretary to Enugu State Government, two-term senator and Deputy Senate President. To his critics, Ekweremadu is an oppressor whose long convoy of Jeeps covers them with dust anytime he visits home.
Leading the protest against Ekweremadu is Ogochukwu Agapitus Umunnakwe Onyema, who has purchased Senate nomination and expression of interest forms from the Peoples Democratic Party in a bid to challenge Ekweremadu in the senatorial primaries for the ticket to represent the party in the 2011 election.
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