By Cajetan Mmuta
Former Governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general election, Mr. Peter Obi has urged people of the state to be wary of one chance politicians out to hoodwink them with huge cash and other lures in order to secure votes ahead of the November 6th Governorship poll.
He, specifically, warned the electorate and residents not to cast their votes again for the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) or All Progressives Congress (APC) during the governorship election in the state.
Obi made the appeal on Wednesday at the Ekwuluobia township stadium in Aguata local government area during the PDP governorship campaign rally in the area.
Aguata is the hometown of the three major governorship candidates for the governorship poll, and they include Prof. Charles Soludo, Senator Andy Uba, and Mr . Valentine Ozigbo.
Obi said any vote for the governorship candidates of APGA Prof. Charles Soludu and APC candidate Senator Andy Uba in the state is a vote to go back to one chance.
He said the people should vote for the PDP candidate, Mr.Valentine Ozigbo as the only hope to restore the past glory of the state.
According to the former Governor, Ozigbo is the only person who has not failed his community and the state among the candidate, noting that if he is given the opportunity, people will not regret any inch of his administration.
He noted that Soludo and Uba had held positions in Nigeria and could not do any to their Aguata community and the state at large and therefore wondered how they would change at their 60s.
“Andy Uba is from Aguata, Charles Soludo is from Aguata and they have held prominent positions in the country and could not do any things to Aguata people and to the entire Anambra. The roads, hospitals, and schools in Aguata were bad and they could not do anything .
“If they said they did something while in positions let them tell you what they did for you and for the state. They did not do anything and voting any of them is entering one chance for the second time in Aguata community and the state ” he said.
He added that since the three major candidates is from Aguata, the best among is valentine Ozigbo who has more energy, character, and willingness to work for the good and greater Anambra .
Obi said among the three candidates, Ozigbo is 50 years, Andy Uba is 63 and Charles Soludo is 62 years, pointing out that their ages are no longer fashionable in today’s governance.
“I was a governor in my 40s to 50s and I knew what is involved and the energy required. Ozigbo is the only person with such energy and strength to lead the state now ” he said. Obi also carpeted the Willie Obiano led APGA government in the state for having supervised the dearth of virtual all sector in the state.”
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All roads, hospitals and schools, and other things he built while in government had been allowed to collapse by the present administration. He said the only person who will return Anambra state to her past glory is Valentine Ozigbo and people should vote for him for greater Anambra,” he said.
Speaking during the campaign, the candidate of the PDP Mr. Ozigbo urged the people to join hands with him by massively voting for PDP to reclaim Anambra from the present mess.
He said “Any vote for him is a vote for greater Anambra to greater height through industrialization, free quality education, security, and good road network as well as youths and women empowerment.
He stated that with him, Anambra would shine again and people would rejoice again in the the state.
“Anambra State must shine again, whether they like it not”, he said
