2019: I Will Return to Senate the 5th Time, Says Ekweremadu

Christopher Isiguzo

Apparently basking in the euphoria of the purchase of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s nomination and Expression of Interest Forms by his constituents, the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu yesterday declared his intention to return to the Senate for the fifth time by 2019.

Hundreds of his constituents, including members of the national and State Assembly, council chairmen, members of the Enugu State Executive Council, the Enugu West Peoples Assembly, (EWPA), youth and women groups, as well as leaders and members of the PDP from Enugu West senatorial zone had yesterday ambushed Ekweremadu with the forms, insisting that he must accept their request to return to the Senate.

Speakers at the event which took place at the Enugu residence of the lawmaker eulogised the senator for his quality representation of the zone in the past 15 years, insisting that they were not tired of having him in the National Assembly.

Some of the speakers, including Hon. Paul Anikwe, Leader of EWPA, Mr. Ezinwa, Chairman of Ezeagu Council, Cletus Akalusi, State Secretary of the PDP, Chief Alex Ogbonnia of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Hon. Chima Obieze and Mrs. Evelyn Ude, said Ekweremadu’s representation had gone beyond law-making to human empowerment.

They noted that every community in the Enugu West senatorial zone had felt the impact of his representation, adding that it would be out of place to replace a “play maker in the middle of a very important match”.

Responding, Ekweremadu said he had initially contemplated quitting the Senate after his present tenure, adding that in the course of his reflection in the past few weeks, he had toyed with the idea of either returning to the University as a lecturer or facing his Ikeoha Foundation where he would be mentoring young people.