Before a massive crowd of
excited supporters and backed
by frontline politicians, Dr.
Chris Nwabueze Ngige
announced yesterday his plan
to return to the Anambra Government House. He will run the November 16
race on the platform of the All
Progressives Congress (APC)
whose leaders stormed
Onitsha to drum support for
Ngige’s ambition. Among the leaders were APC interim chair
Chief Bisi Akande and former
Lagos State Governor Asiwaju
Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Edo State Governor Adams
Oshiomhole, Imo State
Governor Owelle Rochas
Okorocha and his Ekiti
counterpart Kayode Fayemi,
were also at the Holy Trinity grounds in the commercial city
of Onitsha. The atmosphere was electric,
with thousands of APC
supporters, including various
dance troops from the 21 local
government areas, turning the
city into a huge carnival arena. Ngige was elected Anambra
State governor in 2003 on the
platform of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP). He
was removed from office by
the court on March 17, 2006. Tinubu, apparently
overwhelmed by the crowd
while driving round the arena
with Akande, Ngige and
Oshiomhole was beaming with
smiles and waving to the crowd. When he ascended the podium
and the microphone handed
over to him by the master of
ceremony, Sen. Osita Izunaso,
Tinubu said with what he had
seen, the people have genuine love for Ngige However, he stressed that the
people must protect their votes
during the November 16
election, adding that what
would happen in Anambra
would be a revolution. “The revolution will not be
achieved without you. We
have brought to you a
revolution, but the most
important thing is that our
votes must be protected. Go and vote Ngige in and defend
it. We have not come to the
campaign, the name of Ngige,
his name alone has done the
campaign,” the APC leader
said. Tinubu’s oratory, the
eloquence, of Fayemi,
Okorocha and Oshiomhole as
well as Akande’s wisdom put
the party members in a frenzy. Tinubu urged students and the
youth to turn out enmasse and
vote Ngige. He reminded them of the
revolution and change Ngige
brought to Anambra during his
first term in office and said the
APC is the platform of choice. Akande said: “Nigeria’s glory is
returning to Nigeria through
the platform of the APC and
Ngige is now becoming the
mascot of the future glory of
Nigeria.” Fayemi said what would
happen in Anambra would be a
struggle for the freedom of the
people, adding that the 11
Progressive Governors of APC
would stand behind Ngige in the race. His words: “What APC has
brought to the people of
Anambra State is a package.
Everybody is committed to this
project. Some of the people
gunning for the governorship seat of Anambra, we do not
know their antecedents; our
politics must be devoid of
charlatans.” Okorocha, who described
Ngige as a man who
dismantled godfatherism in
Anambra politics, said that the
hand of God was in his plan. He said people were rushing to
APC because they need change,
adding that the much talked
about change would come to
Anambra first through APC. Former national chairman of
the defunct All Nigeria Peoples
Party (ANPP) Dr Ogbonnaya
Onu and the chairman of
Ngige’s campaign team, Chief
George Moghalu, said APC had started on a good footing and
would also end on a good
footing. Moghalu said: “Anambra is not
a training ground, the state is
for APC, the assurance I am
giving the people today is that
we will deliver Ngige to the
masses.” Oshiomhole said: “We have not
come to market a product. The
new drug called APC is a tested
one and the product here is a
trusted and also a tested one.
The thieves are not far way; you must defend your votes.
Everybody is crying for change
and that change is here with
you.” Igwe of Onitsha, Obi Alfred
Achebe yesterday rounded off
his Ofala festival in a grand
style, pledging his commitment
and dedication to Onitsha
legacies and cultural re- armament. Addressing citizens, Obi
debunked the claims that he
resigned as Anambra State
Chairman of Traditional Rulers
Council on account of
differences with Governor Peter Obi over choice of
candidate. He rather said that having
been in the position for over
five years, that it was time for
others to serve too, adding
that he has enjoyed good and
harmonious relationship with Obi, who accorded him due
respect. He said he was behind him in
the support for Anambra North
to produce the next governor
in the spirit of equity and
fairness. He prayed for Anambra to get
a good leader that would
improve on foundations laid by
Governor Peter Obi but
appealed to voters to use their
votes to enthrone a genuine leader out of the 23
governorship sspirants now
gunning to govern the state. Igwe of Onitsha urged the
incoming Governor to create
more jobs for Anambra youths
to reduce crime rate. Obi, in his remarks urged the
people to respect traditional
institution in all their dealings
as true sons and daughters of
Igbo land. He urged Ndigbo to stand up
firmly and insist that their
traditional institution must be
accorded full respect at all
times

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Am not quite sure Ngige would do the magic that once stood him out in Anambra b'cos of the people he is associating with - Tinubu.
Buhari had already started diminishing due to Tinubu's influence.

Great Ngige