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Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by OduduaDefender(m): 9:23pm On Nov 19, 2017
Chief Osita Chidoka, United Progressive Party (UPP) governorship candidate, has accepted defeat even before INEC’s final declaration of the winner.

Chidoka, the former Minister of Aviation, accepted the defeat in a statement entitled “Politics Anambra election: Why I lost polls” in Awka on Sunday.

“I have accepted defeat in the Anambra governorship election even as result is still being announced by the INEC,” he said.

Chidoka said that he lost because he would not play the usual money politics.


“Our campaign attracted the finest and brightest of Anambra.

“The bold and the courageous were with us as we exerted our best in running the most robust issue-based and technology-driven campaign in the history of our dear state.

‘We attempted to change the course of events and chart a new beginning for our state.

“We believed and we dared; we engaged with all patriotic vigour as we held strongly that the long awaited time for our people to experience a new opportunity had come and we laboured for it.


“In all, our focus was the people; the forgotten, the poor and the disadvantaged.

“They were the prime impetus for our involvement. We beheld their agony and we strived to redirect and vent that energy through a genuine political process.”

He said the UPP heard the complaints of the people and worked to redirect them from the streets to the ballot box.

Chidoka said he rejected god-fatherism and money politics and made personal sacrifices with small donations and goodwill of a few good men and women.

He said his campaign remained issues-based, adding that he did not attack anybody before, during and after the campaigns.

“But from the ballots, we heard the voice of our people. We heard it loud and clear.

“On November 18 our people announced strongly their rejection of politicians.

“They traded their votes because they doubted we would truly represent their interest.

“While our message resonated with the people they doubted that the political class cared about them. They voted for the highest bidder.”


Chidoka said that as at Thursday, a large percentage of his supporters insisted that they would not vote unless he brought money.

According to him, “I insisted we will not pay for votes. The decision not to pay ended our good run.

“We accept the voters’ decision. We also heard our people by their turnout and transactional approach.

“In all, we hold our heads high; high because we did not lose the poll due to paucity of ideas or lack of “structure”.

“We lost to superior financial firepower. As Democrats, we concede to the voters’ choices.

“The true hallmark of democracy is the respect for the voice of the ballot as that of the majority,” Chidoka said.

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Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by eezeribe(m): 9:27pm On Nov 19, 2017
APC and PDP aspirants have not yet spoken...
This one has already started wailing....

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Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by ukenke: 9:28pm On Nov 19, 2017
This guy will go places

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Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by Duru1(m): 9:57pm On Nov 19, 2017
ukenke:
This guy will go places

The guy will go no place if he thinks he will mix civilization with primitiveness. If he knows about political intrigues of Nigeria why on earth did he get into the Nigeria's political ring? He simply cannot wish his way through the political mud.

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Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by okosodo: 10:07pm On Nov 19, 2017
Ibos problem is ITK. Everybody know pass each other, that is why the can never ever be united for a reasonable cause, betraying each other at the corner of breakthrough. I have been studying this tribe for years and this is my final submission

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Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by Nobody: 12:21am On Nov 20, 2017
His party is a minority. Here in anambra we don't know him. He is irrelevant

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Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by ProWalker: 2:34am On Nov 20, 2017
In summary; you were out-spent by APGA, APC PDP.

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Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by realhumanity: 3:05am On Nov 20, 2017
okosodo:
Ibos problem is ITK. Everybody know pass each other, that is why the can never ever be united for a reasonable cause, betraying each other at the corner of breakthrough. I have been studying this tribe for years and this is my final submission

with 'years' of study, this is what ur thin head could come up with.

Very sorry..

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Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by dodelight(m): 6:24am On Nov 20, 2017
eezeribe:
APC and PDP aspirants have not yet spoken...
This one has already started wailing....
So you called that 'wailing'? You are a helpless lost cause for not seeing sense in all he said. I guess you sold more than your future during the last election. For how much?

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Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by RedDistrict: 7:55am On Nov 20, 2017
Wrong party my man. simple
Apga wulda won regarldess
Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by Nobody: 7:56am On Nov 20, 2017
Wrong party, wrong timing, he is not popular and didn't have political goodwill.

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Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by Nobody: 8:42am On Nov 20, 2017
GrandFinale2017:
His party is a minority. Here in anambra we don't know him. He is irrelevant
because he won't buy ur PVC for a paltry sum of 2k abi...Next time, Udoka should open a campaign fund

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Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by rawtouch: 9:17am On Nov 20, 2017
you lost because your campaign strategy was for the future and not the present, also it was ofE nsala day..

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Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by bigboss80s(m): 9:17am On Nov 20, 2017
Wait why isn't there any news about The APC candidate's response to losing the election after Buhari and the entire APC came to Anambra? This shows that the mods are biased.

There were several important news articles in the Politics section that were ignored and not brought to front page over the weekend.

One of which is investigative journalism by PUNCH that showed that the military lied when it said it did not stop women from engaging in active combat which is a ploy of northern Army bigwigs who do not want a woman to ever have the chance to lead the army!

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Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by jeamie(m): 9:18am On Nov 20, 2017
Rubbish talk
Dem beat you lipsrsealed

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Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by Super1759: 9:19am On Nov 20, 2017
k
Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by otabuko(m): 9:19am On Nov 20, 2017
You just lost.
Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by BruncleZuma: 9:20am On Nov 20, 2017
Isagokwa Anya?

[img]https:///media/10-22-2015/YyL4XT.gif[/img]

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Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by FUSS: 9:21am On Nov 20, 2017
Good Man. But don't worry there's always another time.

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Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by echelons(m): 9:22am On Nov 20, 2017
Ok
Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by nairavsdollars(f): 9:22am On Nov 20, 2017
I said it few days ago that Chidoka cannot even win his ward

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Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by NwaAmaikpe: 9:23am On Nov 20, 2017
shocked


Osita lost the battle to win the war.
Nice one Chidoka.

You've passed a message,

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Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by MrThisandthat(m): 9:25am On Nov 20, 2017
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Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by kumakunta: 9:29am On Nov 20, 2017
bigboss80s:
Wait why isn't there any news about The APC candidate's response to losing the election after Buhari and the entire APC came to Anambra? This shows that the mods are biased.

There were several important news articles in the Politics section that were ignored and not brought to front page over the weekend.

One of which is investigative journalism by PUNCH that showed that the military lied when it said it did not stop women from engaging in active combat which is a ploy of northern Army bigwigs who do not want a woman to ever have the chance to lead the army!
What is this one saying ?

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Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by xpset2(f): 9:29am On Nov 20, 2017
is the party even a contender

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Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by Threebear(m): 9:30am On Nov 20, 2017
okosodo:
Ibos problem is ITK. Everybody know pass each other, that is why the can never ever be united for a reasonable cause, betraying each other at the corner of breakthrough. I have been studying this tribe for years and this is my final submission
Will you sharrap

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Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by Bari22: 9:30am On Nov 20, 2017
You lost because you associate yourself with a failure i.e Kanu

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Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by hatchy(f): 9:31am On Nov 20, 2017
okosodo:
Ibos problem is ITK. Everybody know pass each other, that is why the can never ever be united for a reasonable cause, betraying each other at the corner of breakthrough. I have been studying this tribe for years and this is my final submission
You made a lot of sense dear.

The people over sabi so tey dem mumu.

They always see other tribes as foolish and lazy whereas they are the foolish ones because they can never unite to fight a common cause. Greedy tribe of a people.

Just watch as they will come and fight me here now for saying the truth but I don't care though.

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Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by obc: 9:31am On Nov 20, 2017
Honestly! very sorry.
realhumanity:


with 'years' of study, this is what ur thin head could come up with.

Very sorry..
Re: Anambra Election: Why I Lost – Chidoka by Omofunaab2: 9:31am On Nov 20, 2017
You lost because ipod miscreants decided to enjoy their ofe nsala instead of coming out to vote for you . . cheesy cheesy despite your open support for their coward leader Lamidi Cownu.

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