Well, somebody like Senator Chris Ngige is our familiar customer.We have been dealing with him since 2003. We defeated him in 2003. He was wrongly declared the winner in that election. We followed him up in court and got him removed. In 2010, he contested again, and we deafeated him. And in 2013, I don’t think that he stands any chance of doing anything, particularly now that he is operating from a platform that has pitched itself against our people. going by their actions. I don’t think that he would be a challenge. The other person, Ifeanyi Ubah, the Labour Party candidate, is also a new person in politics. He is a businessman and is doing his beat. But don’t forget that Obiano is standing on a platform, a political party that is in charge of the state presently, The machinery of government and other stakeholders will be with him .So Obiano would be standing for the election based on his goodwill, the goodwill of the Governor, the National Chairman of APGA who has been there all these years, and many other stakeholders including the name of Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu our leader. So APGA is a very special platform in this election and our people are very emotionally attached to it. Obiano will be harvesting the goodwill the Governor has earned through qualitative governance in the past seven and half years. In fact the message for the people is to continue with the good works of APGA government the good works that they experienced in the last seven and half years. No other challenger would have this opportunity or privilege,So the man they are calling the dark horse will turn out to be the White horse that is riding on horses that are known. So our combined goodwill and his urbane nature with his technocrat background will make him the man to beat in this election. And we have done something to strengthen that ticket by pairing him with a Deputy Governorship candidate that has tremendous goodwill, somebody who was a former Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget in our government, a gentleman with a versatile knowledge and wonderful education. So these two men can easily be trusted by the electorate in the State and by the time we campaign for them, you will see the other candidates trailing behind. So it will be a mistake for anybody to measure the chances of Obiano based on his popularity.It is not a popularity contest because he is standing on an organized platform, on an organized structure, and with the support of a government that has performed. Victor Umeh, National Chairman of APGA
Posted on: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:31:43 +0000
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