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Willie Obiano |
The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano has denied reports that he
was campaigning for candidates of other political parties in the
forthcoming general elections.
Obiano, who however kept mum on his rumoured support for President
Muhammadu Buhari, said in a press release signed by the Commissioner for
Information and Public Enlightenment in Anambra, Mr C.Don Adinuba, that
his support for candidates of the All Progressives Grand Alliance,
APGA, was unwavering.
The statement reads, “It has come to the knowledge of the Anambra
State Government that a fast growing number of political parties and
their candidates participating in the 2019 general election boldly claim
that Governor Willie Obiano has endorsed them.
“To make the claim look authentic, many have published in their
campaign posters, fliers and banners, their pictures with Governor
Obiano. Many of the photographs were taken with the governor at public
functions, churches, etc, often without the governor knowing about them.
“The Anambra State Government wishes to state categorically that the
claims by the parties and politicians are false, misleading and
disingenuous. Governor Obiano endorses only APGA candidates in the
forthcoming election. As the APGA National Leader and Chairman of the
APGA Board of Trustees, he cannot endorse candidates contesting on the
platforms of other political parties.
“All Ndi Anambra should, therefore, disregard the claim by the
politicians that Chief Obiano has endorsed them when they are not APGA
candidates. These politicians want to use Chief Obiano’s immense
popularity to hoodwink Anambra State voters and make them vote for
candidates other than those of APGA.
Obiano noted that a vast majority of Anambra people were too
discerning and sophisticated to fall prey to the trick, but said it was
important to bring to the fore the grand design by people seeking public
office by all means to cajole the Anambra people.
He said such trick was nothing less than “419” because the perpetrators want to obtain power through false pretense.
Obiano had last week visited the second Niger bridge and the Zik’s
Mausoleum, both in Onitsha, where he praised President Muhammed Buhari
for doing for Igbos what no other government has done.
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