Ngige was absent.
The recently concluded Anambra State Association (ASA-USA) convention in Tampa, Florida by a splinter group currently under criminal investigation by the Attorney General of California, was a show of shame, according to a Citizen Reporter.
Four leaders of the group, Allison Anadi, Victor Nwanso, Olisa Oraelosi and Jonathan Okafor, are currently facing lawsuit by concerned members of the association who are suing them for causing “substantial injury to the association.” The judge in the case, after examining the facts, ordered that Allison Anadi, Victor Nwanso, Olisa Oraelosi and Jonathan Okafor should be referred to the Attorney General of California for investigations for possible financial improprieties.
THE CONVENTION:
Despite the on-going criminal investigation, the four organized a convention in Tampa, Florida and invited all governorship candidates for the upcoming November 16, 2013 election in Anambra State. They also invited the incumbent governor of the state, Mr. Peter Obi.
Governor Obi, his political godson William Obiano, APGA party chairman Victor Umeh and other state officials traveled to Tampa. The controversial businessman-turned politician, Ifeanyi Ubah, arrived with his entourage for the convention. Chief Anyanwu of Labor Party was also in attendance.
The morning session was a non-event, as many did not show-up. Many members shamelessly went from suite to suite to drink and chat with the politicians. The meeting hall was virtually empty. It was as shocking as it was disgusting.
THE FIGHT BY THE POLITICIANS:
Things got to a rough start when Gov. Peter Obi wanted to speak. The Ifeanyi Ubah group shouted him down insisting that he must not speak because “he is not a candidate for election.” The Ifeanyi Ubah group insisted that the candidates must be allowed to market themselves without Gov. Obi’s excessive shielding and mentoring of William Obiano. Members of the Ubah group called the governor names like “shameless godfather.”
In the end, Gov. Obi did speak, and spent most of the time talking about himself and attacking Ifeanyi Ubah.
THE DEBATE:
It was evident to many when the debate started among the candidates why Ifeanyi Ubah wanted to spar off with Willy Obiano. Ifeanyi Ubah spoke forcefully, at times very loud. And from the applause he got from the tiny crowd one could tell that he really spent time entertaining some of those there with beer and food. Ifeanyi Ubah promised to combat the urgent issue of kidnapping which Peter Obi has failed to address with phone-tracking technology. He made other promises under the applause from his group and supporters which included Allison Anadi, Victor Nwanso, Olisa Oraelosi and Jonathan Okafor, who he is reported to have previously given sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) as donation for the medical mission and seven thousand dollars ($7,000) as “kola nut” money. It was the consensus that he performed better in presentation that Chief Obiano. But it was also disgusting watching some of our men showing total lack of class.
Willy Obiano appeared timid and showed a lot of stage fright and was incoherent. One man called his speech, “forgettable.” A spokesperson for Ifeanyi Ubah lamented, “Peter Obi is desperately trying to install his personal banker in Fidelity to cover for his looting of Anambra money.”
Chief Anyanwu was merely average.
One of the major contenders in the up-coming election, Chris Ngige, did not attend. Tony Ike Isamah, his spokesperson in the US issued a statement saying, “The Ngige Mandate Movement, USA/North America refused to be associated with a dubiously conceived coronation event disguised as ASA-USA convention. You will agree that the absence of Dr. Chris Ngige, and his numerous supporters who are also members of ASA-USA, took the shine off the overt plot to promote the ‘continuity theme’ of Governor Peter Obi.”
The statement also condemned “the disputation arising from exploits enabled by acts and omissions of both the Obi administration and Chief Ifeanyi Uba.” It added: “Must one remind you of the $60,000 and ‘cola money’ down payment by Chief Ifeanyi Uba? And do we now have to revisit the attempt to save ‘the Anambra Brand,’ whatever that means, by Governor Peter Obi in New Jersey earlier this year.”
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