Ose Anenih may be new to partisan politics but he is certainly not a greenhorn, having garnered experience by virtue of being the son of the late veteran politician, Tony Anenih aka Mr Fix It, one of the founding fathers of the PDP and an influential minister in the cabinet of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Ose, who was running for a seat in the House of Representatives, met with all the known delegates in the constituency and even visited a shrine to lobby a witch doctor who also happens to be party delegate. His candidature was widely celebrated on social media as young Nigerians pushed for youth participation in politics. All was set for Ose to win the primary or so he thought.
But the list of delegates changed overnight, after it was discovered that the electoral law signed by Buhari back in February bars statutory delegates from voting.
“The guys who endorsed me were the ward
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