PDP Convention: Ubas, Nwoye’s supporters in free-for-all

…Aviation minister storms out of pavilion
By Henry Umoru & Dapo Akinferon
ABUJA- CRISIS rocking the Anambra State
chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP , Saturday, took another dimension as
supporters of the Chairman, Senate
Committee on Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, Senator Andy
Uba, his brother and a chieftain of the party,
Chief Chris Uba and those of the party’s
candidate, Tony Nwoye,engaged in a free-
for-all.
The Eagle square, venue of the convention
was literarily turned into a boxing arena as
Anambra delegates threw away decorum
and engaged in fisticuffs before delegates
from other states.
Vanguard gathered that the Ubas, the
Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, and other
delegates were seated at the Anambra State
pavilion when Tony Nwoye came in at
11.15am with his supporters, which added
fillip to the already charged atmosphere. In a
twinkle of an eye, a fracas ensued between
supporters of the two governorship
candidates that emerged from separate
congresses in the state last week. The fight
lasted for over thirty minutes as the Aviation
Minister stormed out of the pavilion with
her aides.