As aspirants seeking measures to get a ticket to contest governorship seat of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, continues to swell, a powerful contestant for the position is not leaving any stone unturned in the quest to grab the ticket.
Trumpeta can exclusively reveal that a seasoned politician and a office holder in the present dispensation has extended his tentacles beyond the frontiers of Imo state to seek support for his governorship ambition.
This time, a prominent politician believed to be candidate to beat in PDP is said to have devised another ploy of outsmarting his contemporaries in the race by seeking the face of money bags from Anambra state believed to enjoy filial relationship with the presidency.
The suspected aspirant who it is not proper to disclose his identity this time is reported to be romancing a particular Anambra based billionaire and multi talented businessman to have an upper hand against other for 2015 PDP primary election race.
This Anambra politican was one of the financiers who bank-rolled Governor Okorocha’s campaign, but has recently fallen out with the Imo Governor
Trumpeta was reliable informed that the Anambra money bag who showed interest and was instrumental to the 2011 election success of governor Okorocha seems to be interested in who becomes the next Imo governor after Rochas Okorocha in 2015.
The political office holder who is waxing strong among the PDP guber hopefuls in Imo is reported to have taken his campaign to Anambra state where he met behind closed doors with the money bag.
Though details of their discussion was not made public but Trumpeta was informed that it has to do with the coming PDP governorship primaries and next election. Apart from the support, other issues like contact to the presidency for back up and endorsement as well as monetary aid were believed to have dominated proceedings during the discussion.
The Anambra money bag according to sources close to the PDP guber aspirant was said to have expressed happiness that his potentials and relevance in South East politics were considered and recognized by the aspirant who thronged Anambra with his allies and campaign structure for blessing and support.
