{"id":83051,"date":"2021-07-02T15:46:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T14:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=83051"},"modified":"2021-07-02T15:46:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T14:46:24","slug":"anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/","title":{"rendered":"Anambra PDP stakeholders warn against running-mate imposition on Ozigbo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1704183807146578783\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A group under the aegis of the Independent Leaders\u2019 Forum (ILF) has cautioned against any attempt to single-handedly impose a running mate on the Governorship Candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Valentine Ozigbo.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe group said it had uncovered plots by some staunch members of the party in the state to impose certain person as Running Mate\/Deputy Governorship Candidate without recourse to other critical stakeholders in the party.<\/p>\n<p>The President of the group, Obinna Okafor, in a statement, threatened to mobilise other youths to work against the party if any individual nominee of Running Mate was imposed on the candidate without the collective input of other critical stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>The group explained that the rejection of the certain name was based on the fact that they were not grassroot politicians, warning that such imposition could lead to a repeat of 2017 experience where the party lost 21\/21 Local Governments to the ruling All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA).<\/p>\n<p>The statement read, \u201cAs lobbying for the post of a Deputy Governorship Candidate\/ Running Mate to Mr Valentine Ozigbo continues, *we, the members of Independent Leaders\u2019 Forum (ILF) have observed the antics of some personalities to single-handedly impose a Running Mate\/Deputy Governorship Candidate without recourse to other critical stakeholders in the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAware that the choice of a Running Mate is the business of the Party and generality of the major Stakeholders,<br \/>\n\u201cWe completely reject the choice of certain name who is not a grassroot politician, and also the choice of another, thus in late 50s, but not a grassroot politician.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegardless of the fact that Ozigbo was not preferred choice in the just concluded primary, we were surprised to observe that some personalities of the party in the state, immediately took Ozigbo to Abuja in the guise of \u201cReconciliation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNaturally, this has affected Ozigbo such that making some critical decisions are difficult and almost impossible without the input of these personalities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith all sense of humility and modesty, may we remind them that we do not want a repeat of what happened in 2017 where they in their forefront of the campaign, sidelined the campaign organisation of HE Oseloka Obaze, and major stakeholders in decision making, the resultant effect was PDP losing 21\/21 LGAs to APGA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo single individual can deliver a Governorship Candidate successfully, without the input of other major stakeholders. Therefore, their dictate of Mr Valentine Ozigbo\u2019s Running Mate and Campaign would naturally bring a repeat of what happened in 2017. This we must oppose with everything we have.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt should be noted that since 2003 till date, this is the first time a PDP Candidate emerged by a collective effort of major Stakeholders, and not by anointing\/selection by a godfather. It is important that we protect this Candidate with all jealousy against those action\/s capable of making us loose this election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinally, We will not hesitate to mobilise other youths to work against the party if any individual nominee of Running Mate is imposed on the Candidate without the collective input of other critical stakeholders.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group under the aegis of the Independent Leaders\u2019 Forum (ILF) has cautioned against any attempt to single-handedly impose a running mate on the Governorship Candidate of the People Democratic&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Anambra PDP stakeholders warn against running-mate imposition on Ozigbo - Pointblank News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anambra PDP stakeholders warn against running-mate imposition on Ozigbo - Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A group under the aegis of the Independent Leaders\u2019 Forum (ILF) has cautioned against any attempt to single-handedly impose a running mate on the Governorship Candidate of the People Democratic&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-02T14:46:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Valentine-Ozigbo.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"448\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"269\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"headline\":\"Anambra PDP stakeholders warn against running-mate imposition on Ozigbo\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-02T14:46:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/\"},\"wordCount\":515,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Valentine-Ozigbo.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/\",\"name\":\"Anambra PDP stakeholders warn against running-mate imposition on Ozigbo - Pointblank News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Valentine-Ozigbo.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-02T14:46:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Valentine-Ozigbo.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Valentine-Ozigbo.jpeg\",\"width\":448,\"height\":269},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Anambra PDP stakeholders warn against running-mate imposition on Ozigbo\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\",\"name\":\"Pointblank News\",\"description\":\"Just the news\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\",\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Our Reporter\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Anambra PDP stakeholders warn against running-mate imposition on Ozigbo - Pointblank News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Anambra PDP stakeholders warn against running-mate imposition on Ozigbo - Pointblank News","og_description":"A group under the aegis of the Independent Leaders\u2019 Forum (ILF) has cautioned against any attempt to single-handedly impose a running mate on the Governorship Candidate of the People Democratic&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/","og_site_name":"Pointblank News","article_published_time":"2021-07-02T14:46:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":448,"height":269,"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Valentine-Ozigbo.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Our Reporter","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Our Reporter","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/"},"author":{"name":"Our Reporter","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"headline":"Anambra PDP stakeholders warn against running-mate imposition on Ozigbo","datePublished":"2021-07-02T14:46:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/"},"wordCount":515,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Valentine-Ozigbo.jpeg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/","name":"Anambra PDP stakeholders warn against running-mate imposition on Ozigbo - Pointblank News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Valentine-Ozigbo.jpeg","datePublished":"2021-07-02T14:46:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Valentine-Ozigbo.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Valentine-Ozigbo.jpeg","width":448,"height":269},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/anambra-pdp-stakeholders-warn-against-running-mate-imposition-on-ozigbo\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Anambra PDP stakeholders warn against running-mate imposition on Ozigbo"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/","name":"Pointblank News","description":"Just the news","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c","name":"Our Reporter","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Our Reporter"},"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}