Chime Vows To Contest For Senate

Enugu State Governor, Sullivan Chime said he would resign as governor even if the constitution was amended beyond 2015 to contest for the senate position of Enugu West under the platform of People’s Democratic Party in the state.

The governor allegedly made the assertion during a courtesy visit of members of Enugu Unity Forum, a non-political organization at the Government House, Enugu, saying that he would teach the serving national assembly members how to wind down, since they could not do that on their own.

The governor allegedly received the forum behind closed doors at the government house where he declared to run for the senatorial position of Enugu West, since the earlier agreement in the state of those that had served for two terms or more at the national and state assemblies to step aside for new entrants did not go down with some of them.

According to him, “since a good number of them were allegedly agitating and indirectly resisting the earlier accord at the state PDP caucus, I want to teach them how to wind down, even if it means dropping the governorship, I can risk it to contest the senatorial position”, he explained.

The governor allegedly expressed surprise that the members of the national assembly could forget so soon a written agreement that nobody should go beyond two terms in the national and state assemblies.

Since some of them were charting other dimensions to the agreement, and could not wind down on their own, I will teach them how to wind down by running for the senatorial position of Enugu West, even if the constitution was amended beyond 2015, I will resign as Enugu State governor to contest for the 2015 Enugu West Senatorial position, he noted.

Earlier the national president, Enugu Unity Forum, Mr. Tahill Ochi, expressed satisfaction with Chime for maintaining his earlier promise of shifting the 2015 Enugu guber to Enugu North Senatorial Zone.