- The former governor of Anambra
state, Peter Obi, has vowed to unseat his successor, incumbent governor
Willie Obiano, with his last drop of blood
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The former governor bashed Obiano for squandering the state’s
resources, and stated his resolve to aggressively fight against him in
the upcoming gubernatorial election
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Obiano however described Obi as a fraud, reminding him of how he (Obi)
had campaigned for him (Obiano), as the best choice for Anambra when he
was departing from office
Peter
Obi, former Anambra state governor has vowed to fight to stop the
re-election of Governor Willie Obiano with the last drop of his blood,
Punch reports.
Obi made his comments
while speaking in Awka, the state capital, at a stakeholders’ meeting of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday, September 13.
NAIJ.com gathers that the former governor expressed disappointment over what he described as the cluelessness of his successor.
He
stated: “I will fight in this election aggressively. I will fight with
the last drop of my blood. I will fight to win this election the way the
PDP has not won any election before.”
Expressing
frustration that all he labored for during his administration had been
squandered by the current state government, Obi stated further: “I’m the beneficiary of the PDP confusion when I was governor on the platform of APGA. Today, I’m 100 per cent in the PDP.
"That
confusion must end. We must win the November 18 poll; nothing can stop
us from doing that. It’s a fight I must win for the PDP.
“I’ll be in Anambra State all through from today (Wednesday), to
accomplish this goal. In 2002/2003, I contested against an incumbent
governor and defeated him; so there is nothing strange to me in
defeating an incumbent governor.
“If
all the money I kept for this (Obiano’s) government, both in dollar and
naira were properly utilised and our legacies sustained, Anambra will
be on top of other states in development by now.”
In response however, Oliver Okpala, the media aide to Governor Obiano, described Obi as a fraud.
He stated: “Obi
cannot speak from both sides of his mouth. In 2013, he introduced
Obiano to the people of the state and said he (Obiano) had the best
managerial acumen and political sagacity to take over from him.
“Thus,
he happily handed over to Obiano and Obiano had proved to the people of
the state what Obi said about him by his performance that everybody is
testifying to. So, what is Obi saying?
“There is no amount of
lies Obi will tell about Obiano that will make the people to change
their minds about the November 18 poll; they are all for Obiano.”The
secretary to the state government, Prof. Solo Chukwulobelu, denied
Obi's claim and revealed the real figures left by the previous
government in the state's coffers.
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