Anambra Election;

Buni should Know better by now

Sunday November 7th, 2021

By Ejike Okeke

Although no APC Member should be happy that the APC in Anambra not only failed but did not even made the second position or at least win some Local Government Areas. This is not just a loss, it is a total failure of people who think that party members are nothing.

Days to the election, a video praising Ugo Agballa as being the only way to achieving victory in Enugu State APC surfaced claiming that Ugo Agballa is in Anambra to help the APC win the election and after which they will apply such magic in Enugu State. The rest is history now as the party performed far below expectation. Recall that the Governorship candidate of the APC in Anambra state emerged APC candidate in a very controversial manner. Outside that, the man is viewed by many as someone who will sale Anambra if given the opportunity.

In Enugu State APC, after party men have worked round the clock to do revalidation and Registration of new member and leaders consulted widely on the need to use a matured and reserved gentleman as the APC chairman in Enugu State, the choice of His Excellency Group Captain Joseph Orji was considered most needed this critical time. The party didn’t need an actor who will showcase dancing steps and ability to display like film actors or footballers. The party needed a leader who will command respect and ensure discipline especially when cash is presented to him by the opposition.

Before the State congress, leaders called His Excellency Group Captain Joseph Orji and urged him to get prepared to take up the task of administering the party in Enugu State. The party in order to get things right went ahead to zone party positions. The positions was further micro zoned and all the zoning and Micro zoning was respected and followed in other zones except in Enugu west zone, where the Minister of Foreign affairs and Chief Ken Nnamani sees no reason to allow Greater Awgu who have presented a consensus candidate to the party have their Chairmanship slot that was zoned to them. This happened against all the warning by the former Governor of Enugu State His Excellency Sullivan I Chime who is also a member of APC Board of Trustees, that members should shun personal interest in order to ensure that the party is united and formidable. After the presentation of His Excellency Group Captain Orji to Enugu State APC, by the people of Enugu west led By Sullivan Chime and Chief Gbazueagu Nweke Gbazueagu, Ken Nnamani bluntly refused to Endorse Group Captain. He rather choose to play games by deceiving party members that ranting by the PA to the Honourable minister insinuating that they did their own meeting and zoned the Chairmanship to Udi and that Ebubedike Mpu Stepped down for Ugo Agballah is more acceptable to him than what respected leaders of Enugu west did. That singular act of Chief Ken Nnamani further showed his support for disunity in the party and his zeal to ensure that the party remained factionalized. As an elder, one expect him to to shun Flavour (The Minister’s PA) and move on with the adoption of the resolution of the First meeting of Enugu west Stakeholders, that zoned the State APC Chairman to Greater Awgu.

Today, these men who feels that impunity is the only way to sustain their greed, have being disgraced in Anambra. The National body of APC should have known by now that if the anomaly in Enugu is not corrected and the consensus candidate restored, winning Enugu State in 2023 will be daydreaming.

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