Ebonyi: PDP Stakeholders Warn Of Plot To Vote Against Party

Some stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ezza North and Ishielu local government areas of Ebonyi State at the weekend warned of a plot by some voters  in different communities in the two local government areas to vote against  the party during the 2015 general elections in the state.
Some of the stakeholders while speaking with PLATFORM9JA in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, said that the plot followed what the communities described as gross marginalisation of the two local government areas by Governor Martin Elechi-led administration in the state.
Chief Livinus Egbu, a stakeholder of the party in Ishielu LGA who spoke to PLATFORM9JA at Nkalagu during the just concluded town union election of the community, advised the leadership of the party at both the state and national levels to forestall the plot spearheaded by
people of Igbeassa clan, which arose following a comment credited to Governor Elechi.
He said,  “Just recently, the people of the area met with the state governor on the need to rehabilitate the Nkalagu-Nigercem-Ikem federal road, a request the state governor turned down.He didn’t stop at that, he went further to inform them that the next governor of the state would continue the legal battle against the take -over of NIGERCEM by core-investors.
“If we members of PDP believe we are going to have smooth victory in 2015, we must be joking. Communities especially my people of Ishielu are disenchanted with the party. NIGERCEM is our heritage, it is our gift from God and most of our youths who are unemployed would have been gainfully employed if not for the stand of the state government on the moribund company.
“Two of our people were sacked from the Governor’s cabinet and till date, they have not been replaced. We didn’t benefit in infrastructure and in appointment positions. We are the most marginalised. There are fears that our people would again vote massively against PDP as they did in 2011 which saw the emergence of an APC federal lawmaker and two House of Assembly members”.