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Reveals Pact Between Ojukwu And Peter Obi. by gurusmac4: 6:44pm On Nov 07, 2013 |
source elombah.com Governor Peter Obi of Anambra state signed a pact with the late Ikemba, Chief Emeka Odumegu-Ojukwu, to support a person from Ojukwu’s home town of Nnewi as his successor. Four high chiefs from Obi’s home town, Agulu, Anaocha LGA, have therefore cried out to the out-going Governor that it would be unconscionable and condemnable of him to whimsically renege on the promise he made to the supreme Igbo leader who had against all odds convinced the Anambra people to vote in Obi as Governor eight years ago. The chiefs told journalists in Agulu, on Wednesday that there was an agreement between Ojukwu and Obi. The chiefs, Ozo Ebubeagu Onyedibe, Ichie Hon. Anthony Oguejiofor, Sir Chief Chistopher Chukwuemeka Diliinye, and Chief Ichie Julius Iloh, said that they were disturbed that the binding pact that Obi made with Ojukwu, has been reneged upon simply because Ojukwu is now dead. They said they were not only present when Obi made that statement but that day they were actually the ones who spoke on Obi’s behalf because “he is a small boy and should not be heard when real elders are talking”. So that day we were the ones who spoke on his behalf, we asked Ojukwu to support our son, Peter Obi, who is from our home town of Agulu. The respected Ikemba, may his souls rest in perfect peace agreed to our demands and promised to openly ask Anambra people to vote Obi in as governor just for his, Ojukwu’s own sake. It is on record that Ojukwu made that request; and because Ndi-Igbo could not say no to the great warrior and uncommon leader who sacrificed everything for his beloved people, Ndi-Igbo, Obi was voted in as Governor”. Onyedibe, the Head of Ozo Ezeana Obeneshi Agulu, who spoke for the group said that it was also on record that Ojukwu asked that Obi should work for an Nnewi person to succeed him, and only after that should the needed rotation among the various peoples of the state continue. It was based on that firm pact which Obi swore to and sealed before a man that is now among the ancestors that he nominated an Nnewi woman Dame Virgy Etiaba to be his Deputy-Governor with the full understanding that Obi would not seek a second term but leave office after four years single tenure. “Now, Obi has served for two terms instead of one, but it is his promise to Ojukwu, which was renewed during his quest for a second term, that bothers us. If he wants to break it by supporting Willie Obiano of his All Progressive Grand Alliance party, we want to say that as old men, we cannot join him in hiding, disrespecting and desecrating the truth. We are titled elders and so we are not supposed to lie, and Obi knows that I am telling the truth. I also had believed that Obi as a Governor and a very religious Catholic should have no problem with keeping his promises – especially those made to a dead man who is no longer here to ask him any questions or state his own side of the story. Sincerely, people should not tell lies against the dead, and promises made to anybody, whether living or dead, but more so the dead, them should be respected”. |
Re: Reveals Pact Between Ojukwu And Peter Obi. by CyberG: 7:11pm On Nov 07, 2013 |
Everyday, it seems the dead who have no use for politics or a good life hold the living to ransom! Shouldn't blackmail be a capital offence?? |
Re: Reveals Pact Between Ojukwu And Peter Obi. by mekaboy(m): 8:11pm On Nov 07, 2013 |
so na ifeanyi ubah wey nnewi pple fit produce. I dont think ojukwu would have supported him. |
Re: Reveals Pact Between Ojukwu And Peter Obi. by danot1030: 8:15pm On Nov 07, 2013 |
anambras shul move forward, woteva ojukwu culd av done 4 ibos is highly apreciatd bt dat doesnt mean dat even at death he shuld dictate 4 igbo nation. d ibos has highly rated men n women wit fresh ideas n inovation 2 take igbo nation 2 d next level. |
Re: Reveals Pact Between Ojukwu And Peter Obi. by Nobody: 9:37pm On Nov 07, 2013 |
If I clealy remember, Ojukwu's political 'last wish' was for Anambrarians to vote in Peter Obi for second term. |
Re: Reveals Pact Between Ojukwu And Peter Obi. by biafranqueen: 4:19am On Nov 10, 2013 |
mekaboy: so na ifeanyi ubah wey nnewi pple fit produce. I dont think ojukwu would have supported him.you spoke well |
Re: Reveals Pact Between Ojukwu And Peter Obi. by seunfly: 5:43am On Nov 10, 2013 |
It's honourable for people to keep to agreement, it is unfair and disgusting if we suport anybody that breakes agreement just because it favoured us. What if we are at the recieving end? Are will gonna suport that any agreement should be broken against us. |
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