ABUJA — The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA,
candidate for Enugu North senatorial district in the recently
concluded general elections, Chief Willy Ezugwu, has raised
alarm over threats to his life.
Ezugwu said that apart from being trailed by some unknown
persons, and had been bombarded by several calls by some
persons who had asked him to either withdraw his petition at
the courts or be killed.
Ezugwu is at the Enugu Tribunal challenging the propriety or
otherwise of the emergence of Barr. Chuka Utazi as the
senator-elect of the zone.
The APGA candidate came second according to results
released by the Independent National Electoral Commission,
INEC.
Ezugwu is contending to be declared the senator-elect,
positing that at the time of election, Chuka Utazi was not the
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and hence
he (Ezugwu) should be declared winner.
Ezugwu, who also serves as secretary general of Conference
of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, stated that the current
threat to his life was in connection with his quest to retrieve
his stolen mandate, noting that this would be the second
time he would be raising alarm over threat to his life.
“During the campaigns, I had cause to petition the Inspector
General of Police over threats to my life. I want to put it on
record again that my life is under threat, following warnings
that I withdrew my petition from the Tribunal where I am
challenging the emergence of Barr. Chuka Utazi of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the senator-elect of
Enugu -North.
“No amount of intimidation would deter me from pursuing to
a logical conclusion my petition at the Tribunal as I am a firm
believer in the rule of law.
“Those sending threat messages to me and trailing my
movements should know that power belongs to God and only
Him is the giver of life.
“I and the good people of Enugu North will definitely see that
judgement is done and no amount of intimidation would
hinder this,” Ezugwu stated.
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