By Cajetan Mmuta
The Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the November 6th election in Anambra State, Senator Andy Uba on Saturday suspended planned flag off of his campaign slated for the commercial town of Onitsha in the state.
This followed the spate of violent attacks and killings in parts of the state.
Uba in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen in Awka, the state capital said the postponement was in sympathy with families of those killed and wounded in the attacks, describing them as sad, unfortunate, and mindless.
He expressed condolence to families of those who lost their loved ones in what he called politically motivated killings and urged them to have hope in God.
He said, “Like every other well-meaning member of the public, I have followed with much sadness and grief, the recent, unfortunate and mindless state of violence and insecurity in Anambra state. I have also watched with disdain obvious breakdown of institutional capacity and inability of the APGA led state government to address security challenges and prevent the state from further descent into anarchy and chaos.”
He said, “like every other well-meaning member of the public, I have followed with sadness and grief, the recent, unfortunate and mindless spate of violence and insecurity in Anambra state.
According to him, “As a mark of respect and honor and in consultation with both APC and his campaign council leader, that the campaign flag-off rally scheduled for October 2, 2021, in Onitsha has been shifted to a later date.”
“I urge Anambra people now living in fear of their lives and properties as a result of the ongoing mayhem to have hope in God.”
The APC candidate also charged the people to go about their normal lawful businesses while keeping vigilant and taking necessary precautions.
“I, Senator Andy Emmanuel Uba will be the last person to sacrifice or play politics with the lives of our people. Neither will I allow anybody to do so under my watch”.
He said that he would ensure that he puts everything lawfully at his disposal to ensure that the politically motivated killings were brought to an end.
Uba called on the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)-led government in the state to rise up to the challenge, noting that security of lives and property are key functions of government.
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“Umunne m Ndi Anambra, you will all agree with me that our culture and tradition hold lives sacred, it follows therefore that the safety and preservation of lives of our people MUST all times take precedence over any political interest, activities, and/or associations.”
“I, Senator Andy Emmanuel Uba will be the very last person to sacrifice or play politics with the lives of our people. Neither will I allow anybody to do so under my watch. I will ensure, moving forward, that I put everything lawfully at my disposal to ensure this politically motivated killing is brought to an end to enable the good people of Anambra to go about their lawful businesses without fear of any sort.”
It would be recalled that Anambra state had in the past two weeks witnessed an orgy of violent attacks that led to the loss of many lives and property.
The attacks had led to the sudden deaths of popular surgeon Dr. Chike Akunyili who was the husband of former Director-General of NAFDAC and ex-Minister of Information, Professor Dora Akunyili, several others.
