Ezeife is wishing destiny away-APC

‘Our party will win November 18 election fairly’
The statement credited to Dr Chukwuemeka
Ezeife, former Governor of Anambra, as reported
in the mass media today, to the effect that APC
will win Anambra State by rigging is largely
unstatesmanly and ought not to attract a
comment, but for the need to redirect the role
model criteria for Anambra State for the future.
It has always been our position that Dr Ezeife is
at a level where he has out-grown street
radicalism and downright partisanship. But we
will not write his retirement letter.
Rather we state for the avoidance of doubt that
no one, no group and no power has been, or is
about to be sent to ‘capture’ Anambra State as
Dr Ezeife wrongly suggested.
On the contrary, there is a concerted effort ,
intensive hard work and fine-tuned strategy by
our great party to win the November 18, 2017
governorship elections and redirect the derailing
course of Anambra State, from which we
wished Dr. Ezeife, was not benefitting
materially. We have no apologies to offer on
this.
It is necessary to remind Ndi Anambra and
Nigerians that one of the formidable politicians
who have recently enlisted in our party is
Senator Mrs Uche Lilian Ekwunife.
Ekwunife was endorsed by Ezeife to win the
governorship contest in 2013.If Ezeife belived
she could win then, there are numerous persons
in Ekwunife’s stature who have recently pitched
tent in APC.
To understand the word-action gap in Ezeife, if
any, when the Primaries were rigged in All
Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and all
aspirants who had potentials to win without
double-registration and rigging ,including Dr
Chike Obidigbo were excluded, Ezeife’s voice
was lost. And Why not? To emerge, as
governorship candidate in 1991,Okechukwu
Odunze and another aspirant had to be
disqualified by ‘a force sent to capture
Anambra State’in the then Social Democratic
Party (SDP). So the loquacious snior citizen of
Anambra State shares the same history of
candidature with the out-going governor of
Anambra State.
Again, when in the primaries contest, his
endorsed aspirant, then Hon Ekwunife
complained that she did not see the delegates
list, before heading to court, Ezeife did not talk
or do anything.
When Ekwunife was excluded in the party
caucuses and hierarchies and was now being
denied the opportunity to get a ticket to return
to the National Assembly in 2014, culminating
in her departure from APGA ,ahead of 2015
elections,Ezeife’s ringing voice lost power.
When she was removed from the Senate by
APGA in pursuit of the founded bitterness,
Ezeife did not voice up on principle and
certainly does not see anything wrong with not
having a Senator for Anambra Central District.
Now, Ekwunife is in APC with the same
supporters with which Ezeife endorsed her, but
Ezeife thinks that APC needs rigging, like APGA ,
a party he benefits from to win. Obinna Uzor is
in APC with his supporters; Senator Andy Uba is
in APC with his supporters; Hon Tony Nwoye is
in APC with his supporters; Dr Chike Obidigbo
has further depleted Eziefe’s APGA and is in
APC with his teeming supporters, yet Ezeife still
thinks that APC cannot win on the ground,when
these add up with the resident ACN-ANPP
machine.
No Ezeife is wishing foreseeable destiny away
and creating grounds for needless complaint
after the impending loss.
When real forces were deployed to capture
Anambra State in 2013, and large sections of
communities he led for two years as governor
where prevented from voting,he lost his voice.
When the recorded votes exceeded the number
of ballot papers to Ezeife’s knowledge, he kept
a low profile. Till now Ezeife has not spoken in
the line of bringing the rigging Returning Officer
arrested in Idemili North to justice, four years
after he was arrested in that of an election, but
goes on making unauthorised statements in the
name of Ndigbo.
Gladly and by devine situation Ezeife spoke in
Ondo State ,the land of APC’s latest clean
victory without post-election litigation, in the
midst of those defeated by APC, which offers
the best understanding to his vocal dreams.
We assure Ezeife, who keeps losing the
opportunity to be a statesman to be a proper
politician by subjecting his views to analysis,
rather than being a media tiger whose name,
standing on Anambra State platform should sell
newspapers outside Anambra State.
We reassure Ndi Anambra that those who are
putting more energy into wishful thinking, rather
than robust strategy will be disappointed as
APC will win convincingly, based on fair play.
For: ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS
(APC),ANAMBRA STATE CHAPTER
Okelo Madukaife
State Publicity Secretary
Abuja. May 16, 2017