APGA chieftains pressurise Ewuga to party’s senate ticket

Ewuga, who represents Nasarawa North Senatorial District at the Red Chamber, polled 38 votes to come fourth in a keenly contested election where Yusuf Agabi, a former director in the federal civil service won with 214 votes.
But barely 24 hours after the contest, some APGA stakeholders poured in with pressures on Ewuga to defect to the party to boost their chances of having a member at the Senate, it was learnt.
The party has two senatorial aspirants for the same zone to run in today’s primary election. They are Barrister Zachary Zamani Allumaga, and Sam Allu, a former commissioner in the state.
Allumaga confirmed to Daily Trust that there were pressures by some party stakeholders on Ewuga do join the race due to his popularity.
Also, Ewuga’s campaign media officer, Jonathan Ipaa, confirmed “pressures on the senator,” but insisted that “Senator Ewuga, who is one of the founding fathers of the PDP wouldn’t do anything that could jeopardise the party’s victory come 2015.”
But the party’s governorship candidate, Mathew Avre Ombugaku, when contacted, insisted that APGA would not try to woo Ewuga because “we know he will not come.”When contacted, media aide to the senator, Ezekiel Kuje, simply said although Ewuga is a “material which any party would want to explore to boost their chances in any election, my senator is not willing to decamp to any party.”