DEAD APGA SOLD TO PDPD
"The word on the street is that Governor Obi is working assiduously to fold up APGA and hand over its remnants to the PDP. Here’s a man who had the opportunity to husband APGA into a strong political player, one capable of establishing itself as a colossus in the south-eastern part of Nigeria in much the same way that the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has become an indomitable force in the south-west. But rather than work at realizing this prospect, Mr. Obi has chosen to make APGA a tool in the hands of some of the worst elements in the PDP
Why is APGA being remade, before our very eyes, in the image of the PDP, a party whose rejection by the people of Anambra led to Obi’s political ascendancy? How would Obi justify the historically absurd decision to align with the PDP, a party whose record in Anambra stinks? " ....
****Okey Ndibe...
How did Peter Obi get to swindle millions of Anambra people and became their governor for eight years on the platform of a party that says it is unapologetically Igbo-centric? How did he manage to ride on the fame of Ikemba Nnewi? Millions of Nigerians are embarrassed that his desperation to be seen as Jonathan’s boy so that he could be protected after leaving office next March could lead him to work so hard that a very solid person like Soludo is not given the chance to turn around the fortune of Anambra State. Does Gov Obi recognize that there should be decency in the pursuit of private interests?
Some influential persons around the president have been telling him lies about Soludo. When Soludo was running four years ago, Jonathan did everything in his power to frustrate him, even though they belonged to the same party. The then Information Minister, Professor Dora Akunyili who is Gov Obi’s political soulmate, and Dr Patrick Dele Cole, Nigeria’s erstwhile ambassador to Brazil, were among those telling Jonathan, then Nigeria’s acting president, that he should roll out the state machinery against the brilliant economist because Soludo was actually not running for the office of governor of Anambra State but for president! No wonder , the president did not attend any of his rallies, despite repeated promises and shifted dates.
And no wonder none of the money realised for the Solubo campaign never got to the PDP flag bearer. Worse still, no PDP governor was allowed to attend Soludo’s campaign, and the only one who attempted, Chibuike Amaechi of the Rivers State, was ordered to return immediately to Port Harcourt from Awka, that is, without reaching Onitsha, the campaign venue. Nigerians are now in a position to understand why the Anambra governorship election of 2009 was programmed to be a mess. Only 30% of registered voters were allowed to vote. Even so, former Vice President Ekwueme found his name in a voter register in a local government area very far from his hometown of Oko where he registered. A special arrangement had to be made for Emeka Offor, the well known businessman, to vote in his hometown of Oraifite because his name could not be traced. Hundreds of thousands of people had a similar experience.
As Gov Obi plays the role of presidential enforcer to ensure that Prof Soludo is stopped by all means from contesting the November 16 gubernatorial election, we are constrained to ask for the umpteenth time: whose interests is the governor serving? Certainly, it cannot be those of Anambra people.
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