Identities of 2 Disqualified PDP Presidential Aspirants Finally Revealed

<p><strong>The identities of the two presidential aspirants disqualified by the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Peoples Democratic Party &lpar;PDP&rpar;<&sol;a> have been revealed&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A report by <em>Daily Trust<&sol;em> indicates that the two of the 17 presidential aspirants disqualified are <strong>Dr Nwachukwu Anakwenze and Cosmas Ndukwe&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The lead opposition party&&num;8217&semi;s screening committee led by former Senate President David Mark had disqualified the two aspirants for their alleged failure to meet the requirements set out by the party&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The PDP&&num;8217&semi;s presidential screening appeal panel has upheld the disqualification of Dr Nwachukwu Anakwenze and Cosmos Ndukwe from vying for the party’s presidential ticket&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Following the development&comma; the two aspirants appealed against their disqualification by the Senator Mark-led screening committee&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; on Wednesday&comma; May 4&comma; the appeal committee led by the PDP national chairman&comma; Iyorchia Ayu&comma; upheld their disqualification&comma; according to <em>Daily Trust<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The newspaper noted that even though the committee refused to speak with newsmen&comma; it gathered that they upheld the recommendation of the Senator Mark-led committee&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Also reporting the development&comma; <em>The Nation<&sol;em> stated that Anakwenze appeared before the panel but could not confirm if Ndukwe was present&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;insecurity-government-declares-state-of-emergency-in-anambra&sol;">Government Finally Declares State Of Emergency In Anambra<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Anakwenze who emerged from the conference room after appearing before the appeal committee did not answer questions from reporters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With the disqualification of the two&comma; the PDP is now left with 15 presidential aspirants jostling for the party’s ticket&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;