2015: Umeh writes Jega, Mu’azu over multiple candidates

The National Chair­man of the All Pro­gressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Chief Victor Umeh has pe­titioned the Indepen­dent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the possibility of the Peoples Democrat­ic Party (PDP) fielding multiple candidates for each electoral posi­tion in the 2015 general elections in Anambra State.

He also urged the PDP National Chairman, Adamu Muazu in a letter to ensure that PDP does not willingly or negligently parade multi­ple candidates for the com­ing elections.
He threatened that APGA would go to court to seek the disqualification of the PDP and its purported multiple candidates for the National Assembly and State Assembly elections in Anambra State in 2015 if that happens.
Umeh in the letter ad­dressed to the INEC Chair­man, Prof. Attahiru Jega stated that, “we write to bring your attention to an­other unfolding ugly situation of the PDP likely going to field multiple candidates for each of the elective po­sition to be contested in the forthcoming 2015 general elections in Anambra State
“Following a published letter which emanated from the Commission on page Viii of the Thisday of 31st October,2014 , a copy of which is hereby attached, our anxiety over this issue has become palpable. You will recall that in 2011, the PDP contested the various elections with multiple can­didates relying on court or­ders with the national lead­ership of the PDP ignoring the court orders and filing separate list of candidates. In the end the PDP paraded more than one candidate for each of the various elec­tions during the campaigns against one candidate spon­sored by APGA for each po­sition” he added.
He said further, “we wish to observe that the court or­der under reference in your said letter was directed at the PDP.
In line with your letter dated 23rd October,2014 and the reported parallel ward congresses of the PDP on Saturday 1st November, 2014.