Despite the endorsement of the candidate of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Willie Obiano last week by the Anambra State Amalgamated Traders Association (ASMATA), a section of the group known as Anambra Traders has disowned him over a comment made in a campaign rally that appeared to lower the high reputation of traders in Anambra State.

The traders have therefore made a U-turn and are now throwing their weight behind the candidate of the Progressive People’s Alliance (PPA), Mr Godwin Ezeemo, who they described as the only candidate that doesn’t engage in character assassination and campaign of calumny.

This was contained in a press statement issued by a civil Society Organisation identified as the conference of Nigeria Registered Voters. The statement was signed by the National President of the Group and Human Right Lawyer, Barr Jezie Ekejiuba and made available to newsmen in Awka, Anambra State.

In the statement, Chief Obiano was quoted as saying: “I am pained when people dismiss Anambra indigenes as traders. A state that gave the world Chinua Achebe, Nnamdi Azikiwe. . . cannot afford to pay second fiddle to its contemporaries in education.

“The traders therefore consider the statement credited to Obiano as insulting. By referring to Anambra traders as citizens who play second fiddle because of lack of education by implication, he meant that traders in Anambra are second class citizens that have little or no education. This is wrong assumption, besides most traders in Anambra State are graduates.

“We therefore condemn this reckless speech of Chief Obiano and call on him to apologise to the Anambra State traders without further delay” it stated.

They then concluded by saying: “We strongly advise that Mr Godwin Ezeemo, the gubernatorial candidate of the PPA, with humane, philanthropic and strong Christian background remains the best candidate to be voted in as the Anambra State governor.”

Clerverly: Despite the endorsement of the candidate of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Willie Obiano last week by the Anambra State Amalgamated Traders Association (ASMATA), a section of the group known as Anambra Traders has disowned him over a comment made in a campaign rally that appeared to lower the high reputation of traders in Anambra State.

The traders have therefore made a U-turn and are now throwing their weight behind the candidate of the Progressive People’s Alliance (PPA), Mr Godwin Ezeemo, who they described as the only candidate that doesn’t engage in character assassination and campaign of calumny.

This was contained in a press statement issued by a civil Society Organisation identified as the conference of Nigeria Registered Voters. The statement was signed by the National President of the Group and Human Right Lawyer, Barr Jezie Ekejiuba and made available to newsmen in Awka, Anambra State.

In the statement, Chief Obiano was quoted as saying: “I am pained when people dismiss Anambra indigenes as traders. A state that gave the world Chinua Achebe, Nnamdi Azikiwe. . . cannot afford to pay second fiddle to its contemporaries in education.

“The traders therefore consider the statement credited to Obiano as insulting. By referring to Anambra traders as citizens who play second fiddle because of lack of education by implication, he meant that traders in Anambra are second class citizens that have little or no education. This is wrong assumption, besides most traders in Anambra State are graduates.

“We therefore condemn this reckless speech of Chief Obiano and call on him to apologise to the Anambra State traders without further delay” it stated.

They then concluded by saying: “We strongly advise that Mr Godwin Ezeemo, the gubernatorial candidate of the PPA, with humane, philanthropic and strong Christian background remains the best candidate to be voted in as the Anambra State governor.”

Godwin ezeemo?they are simply dividing ngige's vote.

asha 80: Godwin ezeemo?they are simply dividing ngige's vote.

If wishes were horses ...............