The PDP is preparing ground to ensure they are involved in the electioneering process in Anambra state.
Chief Ndubuisi Nwobu, who served as the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Anambra State in the past, has stated that the party is now formulating plans and collaborating with some of the most exceptional minds in order to achieve victory in the governorship race that will take place on November 8, 2025.
According to Nwobu, who is the Secretary of the PDP Elders Council, the governor of the state, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has been successful in the development of infrastructure, but he has been unsuccessful in the area of security.
In an interview with journalists in Awka on Friday, the PDP chieftain also announced that a meeting of the National Executive Committee will be held in May to ratify NWC decisions and a national convention will elect new leadership.
The PDP is backing a candidate for the Anambra State governorship race to win, he said.
“Anambra is one state where the PDP structure has not been in place for the past three to four years. I left office as the elected chairman of PDP in Anambra State on December 2021, and from that time till October 2024, there was no elected chairman of the party.
“You can imagine a party that has challenges in terms of leadership; it is bound to face more challenges. So, this is not the best time for our party, and that is the truth of the matter. In the midst of these challenges, the timing of the nomination of candidates arose.
“You will agree with me that people who will contest for the election will be sceptical when there is a leadership crisis, and that is where it affects our ability to put those who we will call first eleven in the contest.
“Again, we should bear in mind that the PDP is a party that has its roots in Anambra State, when you remember the PDP foundation with Dr Alex Ekweme, who was the former Vice President of this country. He was the state block of the party, and that led the party to be loved by the Anambrarians.
“There is hardly in any home you go in Anambra State that you mention PDP, people have conscious of connecting to it. Even those you see in the other political parties have one connection to the other in the PDP.
“Even the current Governor of Anambra State once contested governorship election under the PDP. So, to this extent, don’t rule out the PDP. The PDP is preparing ground to ensure they are involved in the electioneering process in the state.
“We must give it to Governor Soludo. He has done well in the area of infrastructural development. You don’t take it away from him.
“Again, there is an area he has not done well. Let’s talk of security. He has not done well there. Even last effort he made in the security in this election season, personally, I call it Aka-Odo style.”
“This is not kind of security Ndi Anambra needs for the modern day. We need a security that is technologically thrive. We need a security that if anything happens in Ifite road, within a period of two to three minutes, the whole access roads from Ifite roads would be blocked, and the culprits would be apprehended. When you put up such innovation, the criminals will on their own run away.
“I want to see Anambra State where Security is thriving by technology, not these Agu-nechemba security. These days. You can see some of them standing on the road and collecting money.
“Is it what we bargained for? That is not good for us. I said that these types of Security operation is archaic. Aka-Odo and Agu-nechemba is archaic. It is not our modern-day security requirement.”