1. Ngige once stole the mandate of Ndi Anambra. Ngige should not be addressed as a former governor. The supreme court held that he stole someone’s mandate and therefore his election was declared null and void. If you can call someone that stole a pen a thief, what of one that stole the people’s mandate(the people he now claims to love)? NGIGE IS A THIEF. This is one.

Secondly, Ngige went to a shrine to take an oath just to become governor. He later told the world that he went there with his bible. What nonsense. This tells us that NGIGE can sell his father for personal aggrandizement. He is also a hypocrite for telling us he took the bible to a wrong place. Therefore, NGIGE IS NOT TRUSTWORTHY.

Thirdly, NGIGE was doing Chris Uba’s bidding until Chris miscalculated and kidnapped him. He even gave Uba an Irreversible Standing Order of 10M naira to be deducted at source monthly from Anambra allocation.He had sent his cabinet list to Uba for vetting.Infact he was doing Uba’s bidding only that Uba ran out of patience.Had Chris Uba not miscalculated, NGIGE would have looted the Anambra treasury with him.Therefore,NGIGE is an opportunist like CHRIS UBA. We should see Chris Ngige the way we see Chris Uba.

Fourthly, NGIGE said that whatever miracle happening in Lagos is because of what he did in Anambra.Akuko n’Egwu. The bitter truth is that Ngige only has some roads to show for his stolen tenure and maybe instead of developing the Anambra University at Uli,he started another campus at his town Alor for selfish reasons.Fashola is developing all facets of Lagos.Let Ngige tell us why he didnt touch Education,Health,Public Amenities (apart from roads),Sports, Transportation (infact TRACAS was dead),Agriculture, Commerce and Industry et al. If someone writes an exam for 9 subjects and fairly pass just one, he has failed by all standards. Therefore NGIGE is a FAILURE and a LIAR.

Lastly, it was because of their shaddy deal that a sitting was kidnapped leading to the kidnap of Ndi Anambra. Where was Ngige “the security provider” when thugs invaded Awka during his stolen mandate and destoyed lives and property that took Anambra backwards?Therefore NGIGE is a JOKER and cannot take Ndi Anambra for a ride. NGIGE can fool some people somtimes but not all the people all the time.

Igot this quote from a comment one Mike (not myself) left in Vanguard newspaper

lol.Anambra is a state of kidnapping.

I have always wondered how easy it is to impress Nigerians

Chris Ngige colluded with Chris Uba for so long untill the wheels began to come off the bus

they colluded in rigging elections, went to shrine to swear oats and if anything the guy above seems to be right given these two largely agreed for a while, Ngige is a washed up colaborator of Chris Uba and it should not matter whether Ngige has left the PDP for AC.

Also see below what Chris Uba has been up to lately which is surely a script from his old playbook with Ngige

How will a man who could not secure himself and the people of Anambra while he was in executive office be given another chance?

The whirlwind of the 2010/2011 political season appear raged, aged and un-caged for the PDP in Anambra State. It lends its striking resemblance to the shenanigans characterizing the electoral exercise of 2003 within the PDP. And it threatens to eclipse the reality of the ordinary Anambra resident.

Ukpakareports.com investigation confirms Chris Uba has recoiled to his old antics and ways. This is in his quest to return to the acclaimed godfather. Our investigation gathered he took his men and women in Anambra PDP ward and Local Government Area Chairman to swear an Oath of loyalty at a popularly known Shrine in Anambra south senatorial district. The purpose of the Oath, as a source close to Chris Uba notes, was to ensure that the PDP ward and LGA chairmen deliver on the delegates required.

Chris Uba, whose political currency began an uncharacterised rebound in the period leading up the botched congresses of the PDP, cleverly saw to the reweaving of a solid party structure fractured badly in the tussle with Andy Uba. Cleverly enough, he managed to successfully reconsolidate power. And, he sadly made mistakes of gravitas and consequences. .

The mistakes began right around his secret visit to Chukwuma Soludo in his hometown at Isuofia in Aguata Local Government Area to seek support. The visit, which occurred before the noise decibel of Chukwuma Soludo joining the race rose to high pitch, saw Chris Uba persuading Soludo to join the PDP aspirant contest. Sources claim Chris Uba offered to serve as the Party leader while Soludo serve as the Governor [of which details of such relationship will be worked out later]. On face value, the meeting, according to sources close to Soludo, was pleasant and brotherly but failed to yield the expected results in the eyes of Chris Uba. It is not clear Soludo expressed of his reservations aligning with him. But it was clear Chris Uba did not achieve his aim. Chris Uba felt disappointed and threatened.

Following the disappointment, determined to drag PDP into the bile of gangsterism and/or godfatherism, Chris Uba launched a grand but underground campaign to commandeer control of the party. He found his actions necessary principally of his interpretation that Soludo's rejection threatened his position as the head of the party in the State.

The first moves by the ex-godfather in defence of his position, led to his planting the seeds that soiled PDP congresses. He began via summoning the PDP LGA Chairman to gather up their local Ward Chairmen. Loyalty was the issue on the agenda. A meeting was convened with all invited parties in full attendance. It was at this meeting held at his home in Udoka Estates, Awka in mid-July 2009 that Chris Uba raised the need for an oath of loyalty to be taken at a Shrine. This was to assure delegates are cleared as mandated by the godfather.

First, he mandated the oath only be taken by the LGA chairmen. It was later extended to the majority of PDP Ward chairmen. The convincing of the chairmen, according to sources, took little effort. Only 2 out the 21 PDP LGA chairmen called it quits and sought not to partake in the oath taking at the Shrine. The same 2 LGA Chairmen puzzlingly represent localities within the Anambra south Senatorial District where Chris Uba is homed.

It is evident Chris Uba's oath delivered on loyalty, but failed on goals. The night before the delegate count, backdoor arraignments to concretize prior agreements between Chris Uba and Governor of Benue State, Mr. Suswan were revisited and “ironed” out. Of which, sources close to Gov. Suswan hints [unconfirmed] intimidation and/or fear at Governor's suite inside the Barnhill Resort hotel in Awka may have played a role in Suswan's certification of Chris Uba's delegate results.

Then the injunction halting all activities came - by way of an aggrieved delegate by the name Probity Adibe. He had prior knowledge of the oath of loyalty - and saw it unfolding, acted to throw into gear the death of the Chris Uba's PDP congress, and possibly political legacy.

It also led to the chief convenors of the PDP primaries to see their homework need to be done. And thus found themselves forced to make a necessary turn away from Chris Uba and his team of loyalists.

Not to be deterred, Chris Uba retreated to re-launch a refined campaign against perceived threat to his reign. A coalition of aspirants against Soludo PDP candidacy was set up. Aspirant Nwofor was made the leader of the coalition.

Aspirant Nwofor is a known career aspirant. Aspirant Nwofor on the afternoon of Thursday October 16, 2009, acting at his capacity as the leader of the coalition made the announcement that a court in Awka has granted an Exparte Order barring Soludo from parading as the PDP gubernatorial candidate.

This, Ukpakareports.com investigated and found untrue. No orders were granted.


http://www.modernghana.com/news/244341/1/how-chris-uba-used-oaths-of-loyalty-at-shrines-to-.html

breeze don blow foul nyash don open

I think what sways anambra people towards ngige is because he stood up against Chris Uba.You know igbos in general and this thing 'about being a man'( eg Ojukwu scenario).Personally i have always seen and wil always see ngige as an opportunist.

mikeansy:

1. Ngige once stole the mandate of Ndi Anambra. Ngige should not be addressed as a former governor. The supreme court held that he stole someone’s mandate and therefore his election was declared null and void. If you can call someone that stole a pen a thief, what of one that stole the people’s mandate(the people he now claims to love)? NGIGE IS A THIEF. This is one.

Secondly, Ngige went to a shrine to take an oath just to become governor. He later told the world that he went there with his bible. What nonsense. This tells us that NGIGE can sell his father for personal aggrandizement. He is also a hypocrite for telling us he took the bible to a wrong place. Therefore, NGIGE IS NOT TRUSTWORTHY.

Thirdly, NGIGE was doing Chris Uba’s bidding until Chris miscalculated and kidnapped him. He even gave Uba an Irreversible Standing Order of 10M naira to be deducted at source monthly from Anambra allocation.He had sent his cabinet list to Uba for vetting.Infact he was doing Uba’s bidding only that Uba ran out of patience.Had Chris Uba not miscalculated, NGIGE would have looted the Anambra treasury with him.Therefore,NGIGE is an opportunist like CHRIS UBA. We should see Chris Ngige the way we see Chris Uba.

Fourthly, NGIGE said that whatever miracle happening in Lagos is because of what he did in Anambra.Akuko n’Egwu. The bitter truth is that Ngige only has some roads to show for his stolen tenure and maybe instead of developing the Anambra University at Uli,he started another campus at his town Alor for selfish reasons.Fashola is developing all facets of Lagos.Let Ngige tell us why he didnt touch Education,Health,Public Amenities (apart from roads),Sports, Transportation (infact TRACAS was dead),Agriculture, Commerce and Industry et al. If someone writes an exam for 9 subjects and fairly pass just one, he has failed by all standards. Therefore NGIGE is a FAILURE and a LIAR.

Lastly, it was because of their shaddy deal that a sitting was kidnapped leading to the kidnap of Ndi Anambra. Where was Ngige “the security provider” when thugs invaded Awka during his stolen mandate and destoyed lives and property that took Anambra backwards?Therefore NGIGE is a JOKER and cannot take Ndi Anambra for a ride. NGIGE can fool some people somtimes but not all the people all the time.

Let us put some records straight>

1. Ngige did not steal the mandate, but was a beneficiary to a stolen mandate. Ngige did not have the might to steal the mandate, rather the mandate was stolen by the Ubasanjo mafia with the INEC as the executioner. Then they handed the mandate to the Ngige who simply used the mandate to work for Anambra people. Furthermore, I dont know where this writer came from, but the Supreme Court as he quoted had nothing whatsoever to do with that case. The case stopped at the Apeal Court.

2. If Ngige did not go to that shrine, he would never had become governor. The Ubasanjo would had put in their kind who will do their bidding. APGA's case at the tribunal would had been thrown out and Obi would never had become governor. And Anambra would not had made any progress. When he used the mandate to restore some dignity to our state, we had come to trust him.

3. Ngige did not give Uba any Ireevocable Standing Order of payment, rather Ngige stoped the one given to Uba by Mbadiniju imidiately he (Ngige) came to power. It was among the things Ngige did to become a "bad guy" in the PDP camp.

Ngige doing Ubas bidding? If he was doing his bidding, why was Uba angry with him? On the contrary, Ngige upon becoming governor, refused to do any of Uba's biddings and that was the cause of the whole trouble.

4. I am suprised at the above comments; it is either the writer is commpletely ignorant of the facts or is simply being misshievious. I could remember that Ngige's input in education resulted incase where UniZik was the only University in Nigeria that had all her courses acredited by the NUC (as at then). Yet, before Ngige, Ananmbra had no feel of government.

Finally, Ngige had nothing to loose if he did the biddings of the Ubasanjo, today he would had been among the Iboris, the Odilis, and their likes. That guy is a hero in Anambra State for he wresttled the state out of the hands of our enemies both internal and external.

Noblezone

With all due respect your post above typifies the hollowness of the whole Ngige frenzy.
Do you honestly believe that accrediting University Faculties at Unizik which the last time I checked is even a Federal University has anything to do with Ngige the State Governor? I find it amazing that you think this should count as part of Ngige's record on education. University Faculties are accredited on amongst other things the content of your academic programme, method of lecture delivery, method of assessment and finally Health and Safety. Only you can explain what any of the aforementioned has got to do with a State Governor.

I find it amazing that you think its ok to exonerate Ngige for colluding with the Ubas to steal the people's vote. No need for too much story but I doubt you honestly believe that a man who colludes to steal and keeps a stolen good knowing full well the goods were stolen is actually not a criminal. PDP did not hand Ngige the Governoship after the election, Ngige was the PDP candidate going into the election and he refused to stand up against electoral malpractices. He refused to speak up because he was going to be the beneficiary.

In fact he even went to the shrine to declare his loyalty for Uba just to win an election. This guy is capable of doing anything to win an election!!! Your attempt to exonerate him is akin to a man opening his anus to get screwed and then turn around to suggest he is not gay. He only did it once for the benefit of the rest of us. Ngige is less than a man and this is why he was such a weak Governor.

noblezone:

Let us put some records straight>

1. Ngige did not steal the mandate, but was a beneficiary to a stolen mandate. Ngige did not have the might to steal the mandate, rather the mandate was stolen by the Ubasanjo mafia with the INEC as the executioner. Then they handed the mandate to the Ngige who simply used the mandate to work for Anambra people. Furthermore, I dont know where this writer came from, but the Supreme Court as he quoted had nothing whatsoever to do with that case. The case stopped at the Apeal Court.

2. If Ngige did not go to that shrine, he would never had become governor. The Ubasanjo would had put in their kind who will do their bidding. APGA's case at the tribunal would had been thrown out and Obi would never had become governor. And Anambra would not had made any progress. When he used the mandate to restore some dignity to our state, we had come to trust him.

3. Ngige did not give Uba any Ireevocable Standing Order of payment, rather Ngige stoped the one given to Uba by Mbadiniju imidiately he (Ngige) came to power. It was among the things Ngige did to become a "bad guy" in the PDP camp.

Ngige doing Ubas bidding? If he was doing his bidding, why was Uba angry with him? On the contrary, Ngige upon becoming governor, refused to do any of Uba's biddings and that was the cause of the whole trouble.

4. I am suprised at the above comments; it is either the writer is commpletely ignorant of the facts or is simply being misshievious. I could remember that Ngige's input in education resulted incase where UniZik was the only University in Nigeria that had all her courses acredited by the NUC (as at then). Yet, before Ngige, Ananmbra had no feel of government.

Finally, Ngige had nothing to loose if he did the biddings of the Ubasanjo, today he would had been among the Iboris, the Odilis, and their likes. That guy is a hero in Anambra State for he wresttled the state out of the hands of our enemies both internal and external.

Well, but he was a beneficiary of a stolen mandate and that makes him culpable. He should be serving terms.

exactly!!!!

and this is not just based on here say or assumptions from what we already know about how elections are won Nigeria. There are actually court proceedings where how he colluded with chris uba to rig elections were documented.

In a decent society Chris Uba and Ngige will not have any role to play in politics for a very long time.

It is obvious dat you are very uncomfortable with Ngige's popularity and acceptability among the people of anambra. Take it or leave it, anambra people love ngige.
To put records straight, ngige did not do a single thing for chris uba and dat is what made him the hero that he is today. There wasnt anything for him to loose if he had done uba's will. Mbadinuju did same and he is still walking free today.
How could you say he gave uba an ISO? Whereas it was the same ISO issue that made uba bring him down.
Ngige is a hero. And no amount of nairaland smear campaign can change the way anambra people think of him.

I can see Mikeansy has been hired by the Soludo campaign team.

All the people from Awka I've spoken to all agree that Ngige did a decent job.

Ibime:

I can see Mikeansy has been hired by the Soludo campaign team.

All the people from Awka I've spoken to all agree that Ngige did a decent job.

That's the situation on the ground. They are very much wary of Soludo who they see as an elitist sob and another abominable PDP puppet. They way I see it, it is going be a battle between Ngige and Obi; they only two relevant contenders for the "throne''. The rest are just a bunch of inconsequential opportunists and irresponsible enthusiasts, running buck naked in the market square and dangling their wee-wee for the sole purpose of attracting attention.

Ibime:

I can see Mikeansy has been hired by the Soludo campaign team.

All the people from Awka I've spoken to all agree that Ngige did a decent job.

Should I consider that a confirmation that you are simply on Ngige's payroll. Because if you think one can not hold a particular political view or support a particular candidate without being paid you are simply telling us that the view you hold has been paid for by those you support.

I am on record to have criticised the PDP on various parts of Nairaland, but I refuse to subscribe to the politics of empty emotions based on nothing. "you know PDP is the devil who must not be voted". But this argument misses the point that its not just about what you are against, its also about what you are for. Unfortunately as we speak the records don't show that any politically party is even pretending to be better than PDP.  Our politics as it is right now boils down to the integrity of the individual in question and as such I am optimistic about SOLUDO's chances of leading Anambra to greater heights as Governor.

By the way, this thread is not about Soludo, its about Ngige.

History and records show that Ngige will say or do anything to win an election.

It is this record of his that I want to explore on this thread. We will not get closer to electing credible leaders if we can not vett them and question their past actions so as to make a judgement on what they will do in future.

For all the glossy remarks and heroic stories about Ngige, it is also true that the situation will not have been created if he did not agree to rig elections, loot the state and dance to the tune of his paymasters. For some reasons folks want to suggest that his line of actions is more preferable compared to those who have chosen to stand-up to the Uba brothers and work to isolate them from the ruling PDP from the start and even before elections. Thats what I call being a leader and standing up to your beliefs.

I don't know about you but I will rather have a Governor who is strong enough to be IN CHARGE, so that whatever policy promises he makes we can spend more time assessing whether he has delivered rather than spending his whole tenure in office engaging with two political thugs of the same family just because he is too weak to deal with them.

mikeansy:

Our politics as it is right now boils down to the integrity of the individual in question and as such I am optimistic about SOLUDO's chances of leading Anambra to greater heights as Governor.

Hah, what Integrity? Need i remind you that Soludo's name has come up in several fraud related cases including the AFC connection and the Securrency mint issue?
Do i need to mention his eagerness to overlook sharp practices done by bank MD/CEOs? Or his incompetence in minting coins which cost the nation billions and which no one used? Coin printing that even the most basic of market research would have shown that Nigerians would not accept them?

Integrity, huh? What about the company he keeps? The likes of Anenih et al, does their presence fill you with confidence? Does the way the ticket was hijacked for him speak much about his 'integrity'?

If you Anambra people vote in PDP and Soludo this time, you'll stew in your self-inflicted misery. Apart from his dubious record as CBN governor, what else is there to recommend this fellow for the job?

I dont see soludo win and if he win, i dont see anambra remaining one. PDP is asking for trouble. It is either ngige or obi. May be Ngige. I think PDP should have remain in the court. since the constitution was behind them. you can only conduct election every 4 years.

becomrich,:

I dont see soludo win and if he win, i dont see anambra remaining one. PDP is asking for trouble. It is either ngige or obi. May be Ngige. I think PDP should have remain in the court. since the constitution was behind them. you can only conduct election every 4 years.

Anambra will not remain one? will the break away section join your Benin Republic.
By the way I am not interested in your modified map that will show Anambra as part of your new republic.

texazzpete:

Hah, what Integrity? Need i remind you that Soludo's name has come up in several fraud related cases including the AFC connection and the Securrency mint issue?
Do i need to mention his eagerness to overlook sharp practices done by bank MD/CEOs? Or his incompetence in minting coins which cost the nation billions and which no one used? Coin printing that even the most basic of market research would have shown that Nigerians would not accept them?

Integrity, huh? What about the company he keeps? The likes of Anenih et al, does their presence fill you with confidence? Does the way the ticket was hijacked for him speak much about his 'integrity'?

If you Anambra people vote in PDP and Soludo this time, you'll stew in your self-inflicted misery. Apart from his dubious record as CBN governor, what else is there to recommend this fellow for the job?

There are enough threads about Soludo's integrity which folks like me have argued over and over again. While i do not believe you raised any credible issue above I am not interested in presenting a counter argument because like I said this thread is not about Soludo.
If you want to question Soludo's integrity based on the issues above please by all means start a new thread and I promise to respond accordingly.

mikeansy:

There are enough threads about Soludo's integrity which folks like me have argued over and over again. While i do not believe you raised any credible issue above I am not interested in presenting a counter argument because like I said this thread is not about Soludo.
If you want to question Soludo's integrity based on the issues above please by all means start a new thread and I promise to respond accordingly.

Need i remind you that YOU were the person that brought up Soludo's name first in this discussion?
Stop taking the cowardly way out. This is a free-for-all discussion. I am merely asking you a question. If you have rebuttals bring them up!
Just to jar your memory, this was what you said

mikeansy:

I am optimistic about SOLUDO's chances of leading Anambra to greater heights as Governor.

texazzpete:

Need i remind you that YOU were the person that brought up Soludo's name first in this discussion?
Stop taking the cowardly way out. This is a free-for-all discussion. I am merely asking you a question. If you have rebuttals bring them up!
Just to jar your memory, this was what you said

I was not the first to bring up Soludo's name. Ibime acused me on being on Soludo's payroll, I simply confirmed my support for Soludo but rejected his argument. If you honestly think that was enough to turn this thread to Soludo thread then appologies.

If you want to start a thread on Soludo's integrity by all means do so and I promise you will get my response. But the title of my thread remains "LETS TALK ABOUT NGIGE". If you have nothing to say for or against Ngige I think public decency/courtesy demands that you either comment where your posts are suitable or start up a new thread.

Soludo mistake is the party. I dont see an average igboman wanting to vote for PDP. you would see alot of cross carpet from the PDP if not alot of senators, governors would loss thier seat.  only by rigging the election can they win.  that why you find most of the senators, reps calling for indepedent candidate, because they dont want to be cut in the middle. they are trying to save themself. People would burn down thier house and anything they own.  I would assumed that why they kidnap Soludo father.

The PDP federal govt have done nothing in the south to get re elected. They have no project that anyone in his right mind would want to vote for them. Go to the north and see where thier project. This is the battle soludo is fighting with an average igboman.

@mikeansy
For all your attacks on Ngige even in the face of his high popularity and high acceptance among the people of Anambra, I have only one thing to tell you:
There is a certain verse in the Bible which states. "The voice of the people is the voice of God !"
Take note.

Its amazing that so far no one has provided a credible defence of Ngige's records.

All we have seen are sentimental and emotional arguments.

I think letting Ngige rule will be a big mistake. The man is just not fit to be the Governor again! Granted, he didn't so badly when he had the opportunity, but it's high time Nigerians started facing consequences for their actions. A man that went as low as he did, just to be the Governor does not deserve to show himself in public again.

He might have had good intentions for the State, but I wont give him that chance again!

Ujujoan:

I think letting Ngige rule will be a big mistake. The man is just not fit to be the Governor again! Granted, he didn't so badly when he had the opportunity, but it's high time Nigerians started facing consequences for their actions. A man that went as low as he did, just to be the Governor does not deserve to show himself in public again.

He might have had good intentions for the State, but I wont give him that chance again!

Thank you!!!!!!!!!

Voting him again into power is an endorsement by Anambra people of doing anything to get into office.
There is a court verdict which agrees that Ngige is an election rigger, as well as visiting a shrine just to become Governor. And all you here folks say is that he built roads? Take a tour of the rural areas of Uga, Ekwulobia, IfiteDunu and you will see the emptyness of this claim.

Immagine living in a society where washed-up collaborators of electoral gangsters are treated as heroes while those who start from the outset to reject gangsters are rejected.

If Anambra people don't know who to vote, obi should be given a second term. I can not imagine a rewind of the gangsterism and weakness on the part of Government to act that trailed the Ngige years

@mikeansy
Seriously Mr Man What is your point ?

The guy is highly popular.
How did he manage to become so popular and not Obi, Soludo, Uba or Mbadinuju etc.
Why are people are willing to forgive him for whatever misdeeds in the past.
Did he use voodoo on the whole state ?
Where are your alternatives. What we need is constructive criticisms to advance in life and not prejudiced, preguided and biased comments with no meaning.
FYI
The primaries are over in all the parties so you are only left with the party nominees who are only about 4 of them.
I had visited a friends place in Abatete through Ogidi . You need to see the RCC constructed roads. Roads of quality I never saw in Delta state Edo, Ogun , Ondo etc
If there are roads left to be constructed why haven't Obi done it ? instead he went back to those cheap white wash roads.
Men I saw the roads with my own Eyes.
Who do you think you are trying to deceive.
Soludo even Etiaba has a higher chance that Obi.
Why don't you go and run for governorship if you don't like the status quo.
Men, you are waste of time and keystrokes.
I am only sorry for those who are wasting their time with you.

Your biggest mistake is even trying to slip in Obi name.
Has he answered questions on the 250 million his aide was caught with ?
After all your rantings you bring up the name of one of the worst governors south of the Niger.

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Ujujoan:

I think letting Ngige rule will be a big mistake. The man is just not fit to be the Governor again! Granted, he didn't so badly when he had the opportunity, but it's high time Nigerians started facing consequences for their actions. A man that went as low as he did, just to be the Governor does not deserve to show himself in public again.

He might have had good intentions for the State, but I wont give him that chance again!

Funny how you don't see the irony in your words. You have no intention of letting Ngige govern Anambra state ever again, yet you are perfectly happy to vote in the same PDP that has been at the centre of every crisis that has rocked PDP since 2001?

Ujujoan:

but it's high time Nigerians started facing consequences for their actions.

And in your opinion, voting in Soludo is the right 'consequence' for his inaction during the rot in the banking sector?

asshunter:

@mikeansy,

The Anambra people will decided who will be their governor.

Ngige: This was the man they did not vote for, but was forced down on them by those who planned to make the State their persoanl asset. Yet, this man turned around and blessed the State by saying NO to the evil intentions of those who rigged him in. Ngige was nothing else but an under-cover agent who pretented to be among the criminals, but ended up exposing them. Undercover agents are giving recognition by the people they serve. Ngige did undercover job for Anambra people and is today a hero. There is nothing either you or anybody can do about that.

Obi: This was the man they voted but was denied the mandate by the powers that be. He eventually got the mandate back after about three years.

Yet, Anambra people have not forgotten that Obi was given that mandate because Ngige refused to share the states funds.
Had Ngige not stopped the Standing Order of Payment to Chris Uba,
1. he would never had been kidnapped,
2. the Nigerian Police would never had aided those who destroyed public prpoerties,
3. Arthur Nzeribe would never had shared money to induce the senate to declare state of Emergency in Anambra State,
4. the federal gov led by the PDP with OBJ as the head would never had removed secuirty details from him (while protecting Chris Uba),
5. The tribunal would had thrown out Obi's case alongside all the others (or you never knew that APGA won landslide in all the Eastern States during the 2003 elections?)

Soludo: This man is a foreigner in Anmabra State. The average Anambra man/woman who lives in Anmabra does not know Soludo and the worst thing that has happened to his politcal carreer was to belong to the PDP. And PDP my friend, can not win an election in Anambra State.

Soludo is a good candidate, but the people will go for the BEST.

Talk about stolen mandate? Has your Soludo not stolen the PDP ticket without primaries? The case is still in court.

Just hear this clearly, the contest is between Obi and Ngige and if we are making a big mistake on that, please allow us to make it. After all that is democracy: we have the right to choose our leaders and if we choose the wrong people, next time we shall be wiser.

For now, we can trust Ngige, we can also trust Obi but as for Soludo, "we know him not".

So you are going with the whole 'the Devil you know is better that the Angel you dont know thing" eh  

Well, your points are reasonable enough, except that the undercover job Ngige did for the State (without being asked) has left doubts in the minds of people about the quality of his integrity! I mean his acts could played anyway we like because nobody sent him in the first place. I have my own theory on Ngige's governance and backstabbing to the Ubas and this is what I think!

Ngige agreed to all their conditions becasue he desperately wanted to be the Governor but. As the Governor, he felt he was entitled to the bigegr share of the loot but lo and behold, the Ubas would have none of that. Infact the wanted to turn His Excellency to a slave. Being a man of pride, he refused because he didnt swear with his life, naked to become anybody's boy boy. So they truned against him. In his bid to gain the people's favour (since his God fathers were bent on destroying him), he went into a frenzy of road construction. I would expect a governor who was wise enough to go 'under-cover' to get there would have had an elaborate plan on how to move the state foward . .  but no. All he had was raods! Kind of convenient dont you think. It's easier and it dosent require any vision!

That makes me wonder what heppens when he actually returns without anybody to lord over him or fight him! Thats like handing him the state on a platter of gold.

Thats why I'm sceptical about him. He's a good leader no doubt, but he's also a criminal and people like me just cant get over that!

Obi is not bad if you want Anambra State to save 500 million at the end of the four years of his second term. Of course we have to live with the state being at a stand still but hey, we have enough money to return to the federal government at the end of each year!

Oh, plus Anambra State might end up becoming the rome of Africa and our dear governor will be the Pope, and his Commissioners, the Cardinal.

I guess we are safe with him. At least no embezzling of govt. funds and outright abuse of power!  

Now for Soludo . .  I think what we really need is a new face. I think we need Change! And you are very wrong about one thing, PDP has a bad name in the State because if Chris Uba, if I were Soludo, I'd capitalize on the fact that the man has left the party. I'm claim he left because he knew I'm here for the progress of the state and he couldn't stomach that. Hell, I'd even claim I made him uncomfortable and forced him to leave because I wanted to 'sanitize' the party!

I think the ace has changed in favour of Soludo. The evil man is no more. The way he won the primaries will be forgotten because obviously, Anambarians have a short memory!

But is Soludo the best candidate for the State? YES! There is no doubt about that. The man might have his faults, but in the land of the blind, a one-eyed man is a King!