Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State has urged
Roman Catholics in the state to sustain the grip
of their control on the politics of the state by
ensuring that the next governor of the state
remained a Catholic.
Speaking on Friday on behalf of the governor at
the inauguration of the Widows and Less
Privileged Members Foundation at the Holy
Trinity Basilica, Onitsha, the Commissioner for
Works, Mr. Callistus Ilozumba, said Roman
Catholics must use the November 16
governorship election in the state to make a
point that the church had come to be relevant in
the politics of the state.
He recalled that the late Catholic Archbishop of
Onitsha, the Most Rev. Albert Obiefuna, had
championed the involvement of knights of the
church to take charge of the politics of the state,
saying that the effort paid off when Obi was
elected governor in 2003.
He said the first beneficiary of that effort would
have been Prof. Alphonsus Nwosu, who was
dropped as the governorship candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party for Dr. Chinwoke
Mbadinuju in 1998.
He said that it was after that the late archbishop
advised on the need to have an alternative
platform, and that came with the formation of
APGA.
He said it was not an accident that the first
national chairman of the party, Chief Chekwas
Okorie, Obi, the current national chairman, Chief
Victor Umeh, and others are Catholics.
Ilozumba recalled that when Obi joined the race
in 2003, both Knights of St. John, St. Mulumba
and the Laity Council teamed up to support him
in the election which he won.
He reminded knights of St. John International
that they had the capacity to change the
situation in the state as predicted by Obiefuna.

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