Former member of the House of Representatives and immediate-past Commissioner for Environment in Enugu State, Hon. Chijioke Edeoga, has emerged as the gubernatorial candidate of Labour Party in Enugu State for next year’s election. Edeoga polled 81 votes out of the 85 delegates that participated at the Special Congress of the party held at Top 10 Hotel in Enugu Thursday to emerge the flagbearer of the party in the state. The election was observed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and attracted delegates of the party from all parts of the state. In his acceptance speech shortly after he was pronounced winner, Edeoga thanked the Almighty God for seeing him through. He equally thanked the leadership of the Labour Party for believing in him, pointing out that he has all it takes to dismantle the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State. “I am in a position to dismantle the PDP in Enugu State”, he had said. Among those at the delegates congress were state Chairman of the party, Mr. Casmier Agbo, the senatorial candidates of the party in Enugu-North and Enugu-East senatorial zones, Chief Okey Ezea and Chief Oyibo Chukwu, respectively, as well as the party’s House of Representatives and House of Assembly candidates.