Former Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili, on Thursday said her husband, Dr. Chike Akunyili, forced her to quit the Peoples Democratic Party.



Akunyili, who left the PDP last December to contest the Anambra Central Senatorial seat on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, said her husband could no longer accept the violent nature of the PDP in Anambra State.



She recalled how she called a stakeholders’ meeting of the PDP in Awka in 2010 after the party lost the governorship election, saying developments at the meeting shocked her husband, who gave a choice between her marriage and the PDP.



She said some PDP members organised hoodlums, who released teargas cannisters at the meeting venue and sent everyone scampering to safety.



“There and then, my husband asked me to choose between my marriage to him and attending PDP meetings,” she said.



Akunyili said in contrast with the situation in the PDP in Anambra State, APGA was fostering peace and unity, fostered by the Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi



On her campaign for the forthcoming National Assembly election, she lamented the high cost of electioneering in Nigeria, but said she had been able to sustain her campaigns because of the goodwill she enjoyed from people both in Nigeria and abroad.



She said, Akunyili said, “Politics is a rough and difficult terrain. It is crazy. It saps one emotionally. When you are dealing with agbero politicians, it becomes more stressful.



“My experience in the field is bad. There are all sorts of campaigns of calumny, but I am happy I have overcome all of them. I have to go to the market and dance like a crazy person.”






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Madam sorry because Ngige will whoop ya behind in this election.

Aunty madam professor, After one plus you tell us another reason for re-joining PDP,
Instead of for u to tell us say u wher looking for a soft landing party to give you ticket for your senatorial race!!!!!

This professor has degenerated to a petty liar, she should be ashamed of herself.

Story story from Madam NAFDAC. Who doesn't know which party will be easier to win because of incumbency factor,
Let's see if Ngige will not win and if she will not go back to PDP,

“My experience in the field is bad. There are all sorts of campaigns of calumny, but I am happy I have overcome all of them. I have to go to the market and dance like a crazy person.”

Prof. Dora is a good woman.

Mr. Ngige, ACN candidate will carry the day.

Shebi I warned you people about this woman?

It's only in Nigeria where a philosopher's involvement in power results in the philosopher becoming dumber.

Dora shouldn't have used this excuse of leaving her party to save her marriage.
How many men would do that for their wives ? Like it or not she's a role model to aspiring female political office holders, and what she has just done would send the wrong signal.

poli_talk

SO what this woman is saying is that her husband didn't simply ask her to leave politics totally (which is what any husband afraid of politically motivated violence would do!!). instead she would have us believe he asked her merely to switch party to APGA (because apparently APGA contains saints and angels).

I think Madam got a point to prove, however my worry about madan's Uturn was that she represent a national symbol, how can she lower herself to such a meu - meu, DG NAFDAC, Information Minister Federal Republic of Nigeria, Now running to become a senator madam what do you need again in Govt.

Bytch !

This woman needs to be examined once again.

Nigerian Professors sef

This is superstoryyyy, a life of strife & sorrow,
This is superstooory, where the fishes drown----
*sing a long, if you know the lyrics*

Jon.Bee:

This is superstoryyyy, a life of strife & sorrow,
This is superstooory, where the fishes drown----
*sing a long, if you know the lyrics*

Rotfl ,

texazzpete:

SO what this woman is saying is that her husband didn't simply ask her to leave politics totally (which is what any husband afraid of politically motivated violence would do!!). instead she would have us believe he asked her merely to switch party to APGA (because apparently APGA contains saints and angels).

GBAM.

Pharm.dora akunyili. . . . .ágbàri politician.

MadamNAFDAC is learning fast the ways of our polit[b]r[/b]icians

;Ds story story story once upon a time time time dora come dey pdpd come dey her husband come dey den wen apga come she come follow them that is the end of my story what is the moral jump ship when it aint favourable mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmsssssssssscccccheeeeeeeeeewwwwwwww nonsense make she go rest hustler

in my life as a nigerian, i have come to terms with such conclusion that any nigerian professor that is pdp related, is less than a motor park worker.
how and why?
i looked at professor mourice iwu, prof soludo, prof jega and now prof dora. one will always wonder how these naughty professors get these professorships.
is it possible that dora did not notice all these violences all her days in nigeria before joining pdp? is it possible that she liked the violence in the party and was ready to live by it until the husband threatened divorce?
that day, dora joined politics and under pdp, she lost it all.
shame to dora, shame to pdp and shame to nigeria/pdp professors.

Two brilliant goals by emanuel adebayor helped real madrid crush a totenham side reduced to ten men after the sending off of peter crouch.

looks very likely that barcelona will play real madrid in the champions league semi-final should be a cracker.

nigerian IG of police bans the use of tinted glasses in motor vehicles

@ Omo9ja1 she forgot her stuff with the Govt and needs to get it back. Her lies were fresher and sweeter when she was NAFDAC DG, and thats because we didnt really know her. Now we know better

She don dey whin whin whin! She come dey yan yan yan! She come dey gba gba gba! Dora, na so craze dey start, na so craze dey start.

Iam just miming MI the microphone magician!

aribisala0:

Two brilliant goals by emanuel adebayor helped real madrid crush a totenham side reduced to ten men after the sending off of peter crouch.

aribisala0:

looks very likely that barcelona will play real madrid in the champions league semi-final should be a cracker.

e be like say u take fake drugs abi,madam akunyili,shey u see

I remember saying this Dora was just as much a politician as anyone else, and if it were possible to die from hateful words, i would be dead, you guys know how insulting people get on Nairaland. No be today she begin misyarn. But anyhow sha keep saying she is ur role model, cos she is not mine.

Dora's new party adopts Jonathan as their presidential candidate. It is still PDP that Dora campaigning to achieve her Senatorial ambition. Though, she is well focus and lettered, her party romance with PDP is equally painting her as a PDP candidate. Anyway, I wish her all the best.