Nigeria Newsday Exclusive: Dora Akunyili & Gov. Peter Obi Are Hypocrites– Dr. Chris Ngige

In his first post-election interview, senator-elect and former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chris Ngige described the negative campaign waged against him by the trio of Gov. Peter Obi, Mrs. Dora Akunyili and APGA chairman, Mr. Victor Umeh as vicious and hypocritical. Dr. Ngige took exception at the attempt by Gov. Obi and Dora Akunyili to paint his party, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) as a Yoruba party.


BY NIGERIA NEWSDAYMAY 09, 2011



In his first post-election interview, senator-elect and former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chris Ngige described the negative campaign waged against him by the trio of Gov. Peter Obi, Mrs. Dora Akunyili and APGA chairman, Mr. Victor Umeh as vicious and hypocritical. Dr. Ngige took exception at the attempt by Gov. Obi and Dora Akunyili to paint his party, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) as a Yoruba party.

“That was the level of pettiness the APGA people descended to,” Dr. Ngige said in an exclusive interview with www.Nigerianewsday.com. “Can you imagine a former Minister for Information who claimed to have “rebranded” Nigeria as a country of “good people and great nation” engaging in tribal politics? They fanned the embers of tribal and religious politics thinking that the people would be taken in by these sentiments. APGA, which they call Igbo party, has no structure in the neighboring Enugu, Ebonyi and Abia states.”


[b]Dr. Ngige went on to say that, “They have no single seat in the out-going Houses of Assembly in those states, but ACN, which they tag “Yoruba Party,” has members in the Houses of Assembly in Plateau, Adamawa, Edo and even Jigawa states. So how could Peter Obi and Dora Akunyili (a Minister in charge of “rebranding” Nigeria) tag ACN a “Yoruba party”? Don’t forget that the ACN that is in power in Lagos State appointed an Igbo man from Anambra State (Ben Akabueze) as its Commissioner for Economic Development. Peter Obi, who is in the forefront of this cheap campaign, has 95% of his businesses located in Lagos and made all his money as a “Lagos-based” business tycoon. The billions of naira he claimed to have made as a businessman were substantially made in Lagos, the heartland of Yorubaland. So to answer your question, ACN is not a Yoruba party. It is a party for “doers” and “performers.” Today, the party has secured more seats in Anambra, Imo, Akwa-Ibom, Benue, Taraba, Jigawa and Cross River States in the legislative elections.”[/b]

Dr. Ngige described the senatorial contest experience as that of a lone wrester fighting three opponents at once. According to Dr. Ngige, Mrs. Akunyili was backed by Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra State and APGA Chairman Mr. Victor Umeh both of whom hailed from the same town as Mrs. Akunyili.

“The senatorial contest was like a wrestling match where one wrestler was facing a tag team of three other wrestlers,” Dr. Ngige told Nigeria Newsday. “As one of the three got tired, another was tagged to come into the ring and continue the fight, while the others rested, and it went on like that. As the fight progressed the three were simultaneously fighting the lone opponent who stood like a rock of Gibraltar unscathed. That was the scenario in the senatorial contest. It was by the Grace of God and the wisdom of our people, that I, the lone wrestler, got the energy and strength to withstand the rampaging and vicious tag team of Peter Obi, Dora Akunyili and Victor Umeh.”

Dr. Ngige accused Gov. Peter Obi of engaging in negative campaign. He particularly frowned at Gov. Obi’s attempt to label Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, as a Yoruba party.

The sudden pumping in of money into the race by Gov. Peter Obi received the greatest condemnation of Dr. Ngige. “The amount of money the Anambra State government deployed in the Anambra central senatorial race just to humiliate me in the election was enough to settle the salary and wages of judiciary and health workers whose industrial actions had led to the closure of Anambra state courts and the state’s hospitals and maternities for more than three months.”

Dr. Ngige described his legislative interest as in the areas of “war against corruption, electoral reforms, administration of justice and job creation.” For his constituency, he hoped to ensure that long taunted federal projects like the Oji River power station, second Niger Bridge, the rehabilitation of Enugu-Onitsha Expressway amongst others, finally received the funding needed to accomplish them. He also wants to work on the creation of another state in the South-East zone to achieve equity and justice and the inclusion of Anambra State on the list of oil producing states on account of the large oil deposits in the Omambala River basin of Anambra State.

In all, Dr. Ngige gave the election an average mark. “I will rate the election as 50% successful. There is still lots of work to be done to reform the electoral process. The rigging structure of the previous regime in INEC is still in place, and as long as the undesirable elements of that regime remain in the system, the mission of the present management to enthrone free and fair election in Nigeria will remain a pipe dream.”

http://saharareporters.com/2011/05/09/nigeria-newsday-exclusive-dora-akunyili-gov-peter-obi-are-hypocrites%E2%80%93-dr-chris-ngige

Yes and we want Baba to contest and the win

But if eventually he can't win,we will allow him to contest as president irabiji town union

colorsofrainbow:
Yes and we want Baba to contest and the win

But if eventually he can't win,we will allow him to contest as president irabiji town union president

You're not making sense

walemoney007:
You're not making sense

I know.. Baba makes more sense
U no see em swag??

Hmmm... coming from Ngige, the story cannot be entirely trusted.

Mynd44 don't allow this misinformation on Nairaland

Nairaland is losing its reputation

colorsofrainbow:


I know.. Baba makes more sense
U no see em swag??

k

PrinceOfLagos:
Mynd44 don't allow this misinformation on Nairaland

How is this misinformation?

Is ACN not a Yoruba party before?
Nawaoo

It's funny how man A will sit down, cross legs and relax under a tree while man B works his head off sowing seeds to reap bountiful harvest then all of a sudden, man A remembers fairness, equity and justice and wants to lay claim to the gains of man B.. That is exactly what Igbos are trying to do in APC. The party they served for 24years and counting which is PDP won't even consider them as flag bearer but the Yoruba ewedu muslim party should give them platform to contest on a platter of gold.

flokii:
It's funny how man A will sit down, cross legs and relax under a tree while man B works his head off sowing seeds to reap bountiful harvest then all of a sudden, man A remembers fairness, equity and justice and wants to lay claim to the gains of man B.. That is exactly what Igbos are trying to do in APC. The party they served for 24years and counting which is PDP won't even consider them as flag bearer but the Yoruba ewedu muslim party should give them platform to contest on a platter of gold.

Word

Propaganda won't sell this time around.
Lalasticlala.......this thread violeted nairaland rule

colorsofrainbow:


I know.. Baba makes more sense
U no see em swag??

Sergio104:
Propaganda won't sell this time around.

Lalasticlala.......this thread violeted nairaland rule

How's the thread a propaganda please?

flokii:
It's funny how man A will sit down, cross legs and relax under a tree while man B works his head off sowing seeds to reap bountiful harvest then all of a sudden, man A remembers fairness, equity and justice and wants to lay claim to the gains of man B.. That is exactly what Igbos are trying to do in APC. The party they served for 24years and counting which is PDP won't even consider them as flag bearer but the Yoruba ewedu muslim party should give them platform to contest on a platter of gold.

There are founding igbo members of APCin the persons of Ogbonnaya onu, Chris Ngige, Emeka Nwajiuba(this one has been a buharist right from the ANPP days to CPC) and some others that are qualified to vie for APC presidential ticket and have every right to do so. You can’t expect them not to contest in APC simply because their people don’t support APC

Is ACN not a yoruba party.
Even in APC ,they know and that is why people like Remi Tinubu and co were wailing that they have been trashed in APC

ACN is a Yoruba party, ok. But when they call you Omo nna or Omo ibo or Okoro, you feel insulted and frown at it as a tribal slur.
Would you honestly ask yourself the same questions. Are you not Omo ibo?, are you not Okoro?.

Obi knew that giving tribal colouration to ACN would go a long way to dissuade majority of ibos who are clannishly hate-filled from voting ACN.
It was same foolishness that drove them to label ACN as JanJàweed/Amala-ewedu party.


-Osu amaka

OsuAmaka:
ACN is a Yoruba party, ok. But when they call you Omo nna or Omo ibo or Okoro, you feel insulted and frown at it as a tribal slur.
Would you honestly ask yourself the same questions. Are you not Omo ibo?, are you not Okoro?.

Obi knew that giving tribal colouration to ACN would go a long way to dissuade majority of ibos who are clannishly hate-filled from voting ACN.
It was same foolishness that drove them to label ACN as JanJàweed/Amala-ewedu party.


-Osu amaka

What is this one rambling about.
ACN just like APGA is a regional party so I wonder why anyone should feel agrieved if they are referred as so.

You are a commedian..lol.
So to protect your bigoted Igbo tribe the truth by another Igbo who understands the chronic bigotry plaguing your tribe should not be exposed. You are such funny bastard.

PrinceOfLagos:
Mynd44 don't allow this misinformation on Nairaland

Nairaland is losing its reputation

Which one is misinformation here.only a stupid and useless being will vote any igbo man.

PrinceOfLagos:
Mynd44 don't allow this misinformation on Nairaland

Nairaland is losing its reputation

Make una keep digging. Meanwhile, someone that don't believe in one Nigeria wants to be President.

overall90:


What is this one rambling about.
ACN just like APGA is a regional party so I
wonder why anyone should feel agrieved if they are referred as so.

Did ACN wear a tribal outlook despite having a regional origin?. Was it registered as a Yoruba party?
What was the intention of Obi mounting the podium in front of a large crowd to label a rival party contesting for the same seat as a Yoruba party?
What was the intention of ibos labelling APC as Amala & ewedu party or Almajiri party?

These are the questions your little brain should be struggling to answer.

-Osu amaka

OsuAmaka:

Did ACN wear a tribal outlook despite having a regional origin?. Was it registered as a Yoruba party?
What was the intention of Obi mounting the podium in front of a large crowd to label a rival party contesting for the same seat as a Yoruba party?
What was the intention of ibos labelling APC as Amala & ewedu party or Almajiri party?

These are the questions your little brain should be struggling to answer.

-Osu amaka

The same way all of you call APGA an Igbo party. Once the table turns , hypocrites will start somersaulting. Can APGA win election in the Southwest even if they field the best candidate?

Peter Obi hate Yoruba, why do you think his supporters attack Yoruba at every given opportunity. Yoruba Ronu

gwafaeziokwu:





The same way all of you call APGA an Igbo party. Once the table turns , hypocrites will start somersaulting. Can APGA win election in the Southwest even if they field the best candidate?

Has APGA ever produced any Yoruba candidate in SW while the party was demeaned as an ibo party?

NCNC was headed by Zik, yet Yoruba voted for candidates under it without being demeaned as Okoro party.

-Osu amaka

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walemoney007:
Nigeria Newsday Exclusive: Dora Akunyili & Gov. Peter Obi Are Hypocrites– Dr. Chris Ngige

In his first post-election interview, senator-elect and former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chris Ngige described the negative campaign waged against him by the trio of Gov. Peter Obi, Mrs. Dora Akunyili and APGA chairman, Mr. Victor Umeh as vicious and hypocritical. Dr. Ngige took exception at the attempt by Gov. Obi and Dora Akunyili to paint his party, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) as a Yoruba party.


BY NIGERIA NEWSDAYMAY 09, 2011



In his first post-election interview, senator-elect and former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chris Ngige described the negative campaign waged against him by the trio of Gov. Peter Obi, Mrs. Dora Akunyili and APGA chairman, Mr. Victor Umeh as vicious and hypocritical. Dr. Ngige took exception at the attempt by Gov. Obi and Dora Akunyili to paint his party, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) as a Yoruba party.

“That was the level of pettiness the APGA people descended to,” Dr. Ngige said in an exclusive interview with www.Nigerianewsday.com. “Can you imagine a former Minister for Information who claimed to have “rebranded” Nigeria as a country of “good people and great nation” engaging in tribal politics? They fanned the embers of tribal and religious politics thinking that the people would be taken in by these sentiments. APGA, which they call Igbo party, has no structure in the neighboring Enugu, Ebonyi and Abia states.”


[b]Dr. Ngige went on to say that, “They have no single seat in the out-going Houses of Assembly in those states, but ACN, which they tag “Yoruba Party,” has members in the Houses of Assembly in Plateau, Adamawa, Edo and even Jigawa states. So how could Peter Obi and Dora Akunyili (a Minister in charge of “rebranding” Nigeria) tag ACN a “Yoruba party”? Don’t forget that the ACN that is in power in Lagos State appointed an Igbo man from Anambra State (Ben Akabueze) as its Commissioner for Economic Development. Peter Obi, who is in the forefront of this cheap campaign, has 95% of his businesses located in Lagos and made all his money as a “Lagos-based” business tycoon. The billions of naira he claimed to have made as a businessman were substantially made in Lagos, the heartland of Yorubaland. So to answer your question, ACN is not a Yoruba party. It is a party for “doers” and “performers.” Today, the party has secured more seats in Anambra, Imo, Akwa-Ibom, Benue, Taraba, Jigawa and Cross River States in the legislative elections.”[/b]

Dr. Ngige described the senatorial contest experience as that of a lone wrester fighting three opponents at once. According to Dr. Ngige, Mrs. Akunyili was backed by Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra State and APGA Chairman Mr. Victor Umeh both of whom hailed from the same town as Mrs. Akunyili.

“The senatorial contest was like a wrestling match where one wrestler was facing a tag team of three other wrestlers,” Dr. Ngige told Nigeria Newsday. “As one of the three got tired, another was tagged to come into the ring and continue the fight, while the others rested, and it went on like that. As the fight progressed the three were simultaneously fighting the lone opponent who stood like a rock of Gibraltar unscathed. That was the scenario in the senatorial contest. It was by the Grace of God and the wisdom of our people, that I, the lone wrestler, got the energy and strength to withstand the rampaging and vicious tag team of Peter Obi, Dora Akunyili and Victor Umeh.”

Dr. Ngige accused Gov. Peter Obi of engaging in negative campaign. He particularly frowned at Gov. Obi’s attempt to label Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, as a Yoruba party.

The sudden pumping in of money into the race by Gov. Peter Obi received the greatest condemnation of Dr. Ngige. “The amount of money the Anambra State government deployed in the Anambra central senatorial race just to humiliate me in the election was enough to settle the salary and wages of judiciary and health workers whose industrial actions had led to the closure of Anambra state courts and the state’s hospitals and maternities for more than three months.”

Dr. Ngige described his legislative interest as in the areas of “war against corruption, electoral reforms, administration of justice and job creation.” For his constituency, he hoped to ensure that long taunted federal projects like the Oji River power station, second Niger Bridge, the rehabilitation of Enugu-Onitsha Expressway amongst others, finally received the funding needed to accomplish them. He also wants to work on the creation of another state in the South-East zone to achieve equity and justice and the inclusion of Anambra State on the list of oil producing states on account of the large oil deposits in the Omambala River basin of Anambra State.

In all, Dr. Ngige gave the election an average mark. “I will rate the election as 50% successful. There is still lots of work to be done to reform the electoral process. The rigging structure of the previous regime in INEC is still in place, and as long as the undesirable elements of that regime remain in the system, the mission of the present management to enthrone free and fair election in Nigeria will remain a pipe dream.”

http://saharareporters.com/2011/05/09/nigeria-newsday-exclusive-dora-akunyili-gov-peter-obi-are-hypocrites%E2%80%93-dr-chris-ngige

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OsuAmaka:

Did ACN wear a tribal outlook despite having a regional origin?. Was it registered as a Yoruba party?
What was the intention of Obi mounting the podium in front of a large crowd to label a rival party contesting for the same seat as a Yoruba party?
What was the intention of ibos labelling APC as Amala & ewedu party or Almajiri party?

These are the questions your little brain should be struggling to answer.

-Osu amaka

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Vistra40:


There are founding igbo members of APCin the persons of Ogbonnaya onu, Chris Ngige, Emeka Nwajiuba(this one has been a buharist right from the ANPP days to CPC) and some others that are qualified to vie for APC presidential ticket and have every right to do so. You can’t expect them not to contest in APC simply because their people don’t support APC

if your constituency don't like APC why would you contest under APC? Who will vote for you? If you cannot convince your people to vote for your party, who will you convince again to vote for your party? Given an Igbo man the ticket of APC shows that APC decided not to win the election deliberately. Is it the Yoruba that that igbos are in constant abused,calling them all sort of names,calling APC a jihadist party that will vote for igbos? Or is it the northerners that Peter obi arrested,imprisoned and deported back to north that will vote for the igbos? Or is it the northerners that the igbos insulted at any given time,stop them from selling their cow in the east, killing them in the South east at any opportunity that will vote for Igbo man?
Mr man, go and sit down.

asanausana91:
if your constituency don't like APC why would you contest under APC? Who will vote for you? If you cannot convince your people to vote for your party, who will you convince again to vote for your party? Given an Igbo man the ticket of APC shows that APC decided not to win the election deliberately. Is it the Yoruba that that igbos are in constant abused,calling them all sort of names,calling APC a jihadist party that will vote for igbos? Or is it the northerners that Peter obi arrested,imprisoned and deported back to north that will vote for the igbos? Or is it the northerners that the igbos insulted at any given time,stop them from selling their cow in the east, killing them in the South east at any opportunity that will vote for Igbo man?
Mr man, go and sit down.

Sir/ma, Peter obi is not in APC and if your party gives it’s ticket to an igbo person, there’s nothing you and your type can do about it. Otherwise go and convince those in APC I mentioned to drop out of the race