Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu, Chairman/CEO of SNECOU Group Limited, is a successful businessman and industrialist by all standards.
Since he left the Green Chamber many years ago, he has tried to remain relevant in the political scene in the state.
In the eyes of many, he comes across as a man who lacks any clear-cut political ideology. However, he wants to be seen as the messiah to provide his people with the much-desired dividends of democracy.
A serial contender, the more he tries, the more his dream eludes him. Sadly, Society Watch gathered that this has even made him a subject of ridicule in some quarters.
To realize his age-long aspiration for the Anambra South Senatorial district in the 2019 election, the Owelle Osumeyi left the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Grand Alliance. He could no longer endure the frustration he allegedly suffered in the hands of some hawks in the party, especially Andy Uba and his cronies.
There was a glimmer of hope when he beat many of his other aspirants in APGA, including Bianca Ojukwu, widow of the late Biafra warlord, Emeka Ojukwu and Dr Okey Chidolue, a former top shot in the Nigerian Ports Authority, a one-time aide to the late Ojukwu.
But his hope of flying the party’s ticket was almost punctured when he lost at the Federal High Court in Abuja, following a case instituted by an aggrieved member who felt cheated at the party’s primary. Undeterred, he had approached the Court of Appeal and won.
As a result, he believed he could still realize his dream of becoming a senator, given his popularity and the support of the state governor, Willie Obiano, who had reportedly promised to use the state apparatus in his favour.
He was full of hope until Senator Ubah hit a sledgehammer on his ambition.
The pendulum swung in the direction of Capital Oil boss Ubah, who was declared winner in the election, puncturing his balloon of hope irredeemably. Not one to give up easily on his cherished dream, Society Watch gathered that the philanthropist would be running for the exalted position in the November 6, 2021 governorship election in the state on the ruling APGA.
But a source disclosed that his ambition could amount to a camel passing through the eye of the needle. Already, there are insinuations that many in the party are allegedly rooting for the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Charles Soludo.
