Anambra Vanguard for Good Governance has revealed that Governor Willie Obiano financed the anti Obaze rally that was staged at the Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka recently by Prince Kenneth Emeakayi and other disgruntled elements in Anambra State PDP. According to the Coordinator of the organization, Hon. Anselm Ibenegbu, the plot to stage the rally the same day the PDP flag bearer for the November 18, governorship election, Oseloka Obaze would be flagging off his campaign was hatched at a hotel behind Awka Government House by the members of the Obiano Campaign Organization and Prince Kenneth Emeakayi and his own group.

Recall that while the National leadership of the PDP, including the National Chairman, Ahmed Makarfi, Former Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme, former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, among other bigwigs of the party were at the All Saints Cathedral Field, Onitsha to flag off Oseloka Obaze`s campaign, Prince Kenneth Emeakayi and his own faction of PDP were at Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka, holding a counter rally.

Ibenegbu said it was agreed at the meeting that Emeakayi should try to convince other disgruntled elements in the party, especially those that contested the party's governorship primary with Obaze and lost to attend the rally, while APGA would support them with crowd. According to him, in order to lure unsuspecting members of the party to attend the rally, Emeakayi had to hide under a hurriedly formed group known as Anambra Grassroot Movement and said that he was organizing enlightenment for non-violent election.
He said it was because of that he had to put his real agenda last ,just to justify the money he had collected from the governor. His words,

"It was a live programme on Channels television which was sponsored with Anambra State taxpayers money. Those who watched it would testify that Emeakayi was afraid to disclose his evil agenda. He was concentrating on non violence instead of telling the world what he has been paid to do. But when he realized that his pay masters would not be happy with him because that was not what he had collected money to tell the people. He managed to tell them that Chief Henry Oseloka Obaze was not a registered member of PDP and therefore is not the legitimate candidate of the PDP for the election and immediately he said that hell broke loose. The rally came to an abrupt end as the crowd he has tricked into coming left disappointed"

According to him, it was a show of shame for both the governor and Emeakayi. He said Emeakayi had promised at the meeting that he would bring Ifeanyi Ubah,Senator Stella Oduah and Chief Obigbolu to the rally and also persuade his own faction of PDP to declare support to for Willie Obiano`s second term ambition. which he failed. According to him, the four days ultimatum that he and his partners in crime gave to the national leadership of PDP was never part of the plan but was invented at the rally ground just to save their face.

Meanwhile some of the PDP supporters who attended the rally have complained of deception. Some of them who spoke to irukka news said that they were tricked to attend. According to them, they were told to attend a non-violence campaign rally at the Alex Ekwueme Square, but they never knew that Emeakayi had also sold them in advance and pocketed the money. Henry Okoli who was at the rally said that he was sure that if the election would be free and fair, PDP would win, therefore, when he was asked to attend a non violence rally, he jumped at it. However, he said that he was shocked when Emeakayi began to say a different thing.


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