Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the two leading political parties in Ebonyi State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), are enmeshed in internal squabbles.
The cracks in both parties started with the zoning of the governorship position to two senatorial zones instead of one, which caused a lot of tension and attracted widespread condemnation.
The cracks further widened following the acrimonious election of the state executive committees of both parties and resultant court cases which have seen the party chairmanship positions change hands.
The delegates’ election of both parties and the alleged hijack of the two parties by a few stakeholders have worsened the crisis in both parties.
Throw into the mix the expected emergence of a former Secretary to the State Government as the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance(APGA), then we have a potentially thrilling governorship…
