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31/01/2024

*Communiqué from Anambra Support Groups & Obidients Movement for Valentine Ozigbo*

In an assembly of vision, unity, and progressive resolve, the 85 support groups along with the Obidient Movement, convened at the Labour Party Campaign Office, Udoka Estate, Awka, Anambra State, on the auspicious day of Saturday, 27th January 2024. Our gathering, marked by fervent discussions and strategic deliberations, led to the following resolute decisions:

*1. Formation of a Unified Body*

We have coalesced into a formidable entity under the banner of the *Anambra State SGs/Obidient Movement for VCO*. In this unity, we express our unwavering conviction that the Labour Party in Anambra should champion only those candidates whose caliber, vision, and capacity align with the lofty aspirations of our great party. Amongst the galaxy of aspirants, we recognise Mr. Valentine Ozigbo as the beacon of hope and transformation, a corporate titan and a true Obidient, poised to ignite the flames of the New Nigeria Agenda in Anambra State.

*2. Unwavering Support for Valentine Ozigbo*

Our allegiance is unequivocally pledged to *Mr. Valentine Chineto Ozigbo (VCO)*. His steadfast support and involvement in the SGs/Obidients’ initiatives, spanning national to state levels, have been unparalleled. He embodies the very ethos of our movement, offering support that ranges from moral guidance to financial assistance. His commitment to the New Nigeria Project places him at the vanguard of progressive change.

*3. Firm Resolution and Expected Acceptance From the Party*

We assert, with utmost clarity and determination, our stance as the Anambra State Support Groups and the Obidient Movement for VCO. We thereby present him as the best candidate so far and ask the party to make his mandate a reality. He is very articulate as a candidate, and full of capacity. Our full support will be given to him if the party hands the gubernatorial flag to him.

*4. Convention Preparations and Committee Formation*

Looking ahead, we have outlined plans for our forthcoming convention in April. In preparation, we have established three pivotal committees – Welfare, Media, and Mobilisation – each consisting of nine dedicated members representing the three senatorial zones of Anambra State, to ensure a holistic and effective approach.

*5. Call to Action for Members*

We encourage all members to actively engage with the Labour Party at their respective ward levels. Your involvement and support are essential to the continued vitality and success of our party’s endeavors.

In solidarity and commitment to our shared vision for a renewed and thriving Anambra, this communique is signed and ratified by the ANAMBRA SUPPORT GROUPS/ OBIDIENT MOVEMENT FOR VCO:

*Chief Charles Obiora Anueyiagu*
*Lead Coordinator*

*Amb. Dr. Justin Kingland (DrM)*
*Secretary-General*

10/11/2023

Inec at it again in Imo State. But seems the people know better.

08/11/2023

UPDATE 💥

The Appeal Court Sitting in Lagos for The Appeal Petition Of Chijioke Jonathan Edeoga/LP Against Peter Mbah And PDP And Ors Were Heard, Argued And Judgment Reserved For A Later date.

Edeoga's Legal Team Present Are; S.T. Hons SAN, Dr. Mrs. Azinge SAN, Chief Alex Ejeseme SAN, Mr. Fatogun SAN, Barr. Ifeanyi Ogenyi, Barr. Festus Ede, etc, And They Were Able To Do Justice To Our matter As they Argued With Facts, Evidence And On Points Of Law; Both Statutory Provisions And Case Laws On The Three Grounds Of Their Petition.

The Court Also Took Judicial Notice Of The Unprecedented Support And Solidarity For Chijioke Jonathan Edeoga By The Good Number Of Enugu people In Lagos Who Came To The Court, Chatting The Name Of Edeoga The people's Governor.

In Law It Is Said "Res Ipsa loquitur", Meaning The Fact Is Speaking For Itself

©️Clinton Consult Media

07/11/2023

TEN (10) CARDINAL POINTS FROM MR. PETER OBI'S PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY THE 6TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2023:

1. The Message is Clear!

2. The Mission cannot be aborted!

3. The Vision is a New Nigeria!

4. The Fight is not yet Over!

5. The Hope is not dashed!

6. The Movement is not ending so soon!

7. The Means to the end is Not yet Foreclosed!

8. The Obidients are not relenting!

9. The Old System is expecting something bigger!

10. The Revolution would be bloodless!





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*FULL SPEECH: Peter Obi’s Response To Supreme Court Judgement*
By Journalist101- November 6, 20230

*Remarks at a Press Conference by Mr. Peter Gregory Obi, CON Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party on The Supreme Court Judgment of 26th October, 2023 On the 2023 Nigeria Presidential ElectionHeld in Abuja, FCT, on [Monday 6th November, 2023*

Protocols,

1.Fellow countrymen and women. Gentlemen of the Media, Good day and welcome to this press conference.Kindly permit me to make some brief remarks on the recent ruling of the Supreme Court, the highest court in Nigeria.

2. About a fortnight ago, I was traveling abroad on a prior scheduled engagement when I received the notice that the Supreme Court would give judgment on Thursday 26th October 2023 on our challenge of the ruling of the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC). That judgment has since been delivered as scheduled. The leadership of the Labour Party has already pronounced its position on the judgment.

3. As someone who has previously benefited from the rulings of the Supreme Court on electoral matters, I have, after a period of deep and sober reflection, decided to personally and formally react to the recent judgment as most Nigerians have. Because we are confronted with very weighty issues of national interest, I will speak forthrightly. As students young lads at CKC, Onitsha, we were taught values and admonished to always; “choose the harder right, instead of the easier wrong.”

4. Setting legal issues aside, the Supreme Court exhibited a disturbing aversion to public opinion just as it abandoned its responsibility as a court of law and policy. It is, therefore, with great dismay that I observe that the Court’s decision contradicts the overwhelming evidence of election rigging, false claim of a technical glitch, substantial non-compliance with rules set by INEC itself as well as matters of perjury, identity theft, and forgery that have been brought to light in the course of this election matter. These were hefty allegations that should not to be treated with levity. More appalling, the Supreme Court judgment willfully condoned breaches of the Constitution relative to established qualifications and parameters for candidates in presidential elections. With this counter-intuitive judgment, the Supreme Court has transferred a heavy moral burden from the courtrooms to our national conscience. Our young democracy is ultimately the main victim and casualty of the courtroom drama.

5. Without equivocation, this judgment amounts to a total breach of the confidence the Nigerian people have in our judiciary. To that extent, it is a show of unreasonable force against the very Nigerian people from whom the power of the Constitution derives. This Supreme Court ruling may represent the state of the law in 2023 but not the present demand for substantive justice. The judgment mixed principles and precepts. Indeed, the rationale and premise of the Supreme Court judgment, have become clearer in the light of the deep revealing and troubling valedictory remarks by Hon. Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammad, (JSC) on Friday 27th October 2023.

6. In disagreeing very strongly with the ruling of both the Presidential Petitions Court (PEPC) and the Supreme Court on the outcome of the 25th February 2023 Presidential election as declared by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as democrats who believe in the rule of law, we recognize that the Supreme Court is the end stage of the quest for legal closure to the matter. As a party and as candidates, Datti and I have now exhausted all legal and constitutional remedies available to us. However, this end is only another beginning in our quest for the vindication of the hope of the common man for a better country. After all, sovereignty belongs to the people! If only for historical purposes, it behooves us to place our disagreement with and deep reservations about this judgment on public record.

7. We have long been aware of how weak national institutions have negatively affected our democracy. This year 2023 has been quite remarkable and revealing. INEC has displayed incompetence in the conduct of its statutory duty. The judiciary has largely acted in defiance of constitutional tenets, precedents, and established ground rules. Political expediency has preceded judicial responsibility. A mechanical application of technicalities has superseded the pursuit of justice and fairness. Both INEC and the Supreme Court as the referees, respectively shifted the goalposts in the middle of the game.

8. Where the value and import of the recent Supreme Court ruling ends is where our commitment to a New Nigeria begins. Our mission and mandate remain unchanged. From the very onset, our mission has been more about enthroning a new Nigeria. It is a new nation where things work, where the country is led from its present waste and consumption orientation to a production-driven economy. Our commitment is to a nation anchored on the principles of prudent management of resources to quickly pull millions out of multidimensional poverty, ensuring transparency and accountability in the equitable distribution of opportunities, resources, and privileges. In the new Nigeria, we aim to address all unmet needs by showing compassion for all those left behind by the present system.

9. Going forward, we in the Labour Party and the Obidient Movement are now effectively in opposition. We are glad that the nation has heard us loud and clear. We shall now expand the confines of our message of hope to the rest of the country. We shall meet the people in the places where they feel pain and answer their needs for hope. At marketplaces, motor parks, town halls, board rooms, and university and college campuses, we all carry and deliver the message of a new Nigeria. As stake holders and elected Labour Party officials, we shall remain loyal to our manifesto.We will continue to canvas for good governance and focus on issues that promote national interest, unity, and cohesion. We will continue to give primacy to our Constitution, the rule of law, and the protection of ordered liberties. We will offer the checks and balances required in a functional democracy and vie robustly in forthcoming elections to elect those who share our vision of a new Nigeria.

10. Given our present national circumstances, there is a compelling need for a strong political opposition. We shall, therefore, remain in opposition, especially because of the policies and the governance modalities that we in the Labour Party campaigned for, especially reducing the cost of governance, moving the nation from consumption to production, reducing inflation, ending insecurity, promoting the rule of law, guaranteeing the responsibility to protect, and stabilizing the Nigerian currency; are clearly not the priorities of the present administration nor is it interested in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

11. If there is one thing that has immensely gladdened my heart in the course of the struggle of the past 18 months, it is the passionate desire of our people, especially our young people from across ethnic and religious divides, to construct a new and restructured Nigeria that will work for all Nigerians. That goal remains my guiding light and abiding inspiration.

12. Finally, I thank all Nigerians who believed in what is now only a revolution postponed. We deeply appreciate the unalloyed non-partisan moral support millions of youth and ordinary Nigerians across ethnic, religious, and geopolitical divides have continued to give to Dr. Datti Baba-Ahmed and me.

13. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the Nigerians who have supported this mission from the onset. We salute the leadership and members of the Labour Party, the Obidient Movement, the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Nigerians in the Diaspora, Support Groups, and all people of goodwill who worked diligently and hoped for the realization of the beginnings of a New Nigeria in this election cycle.

14. Nigerians who supported our cause have done so out of patriotism and their sincere conviction that our nation requires and deserves dedicated and visionary leaders who will lead Nigeria toward a brighter future. The energy and dedication of Nigerian Youths and the Obedient Movement have been simply amazing. I appreciate and salute them! I want to assure them that this is not the end of our journey; but in fact, the beginning. Nigeria heard you. The world has taken note and will not forget so easily. We shall endure, persist, until we get to our destination because a new Nigeria is our destination. A destination not an event.

15. We thank, in a special way, our legal team. We also thank our elder States-Men, whose wise counsel were immeasurable To them, we wish to state unequivocally that this judicial outcome – an obvious misrepresentation of substantial justice – has by no means foreclosed the realization of a new Nigeria that is Possible.

16. On a personal note, I take personal pride and express gratitude to those who share our vision; and who have also exhibited rare courage to challenge the nefarious system, the genuineness of individuals’ identities and their defining and qualifying particulars up to the highest extent allowed by law. Nigeria holds out hope of infinite possibilities leading to our desirable greatness. I remain consistent in my belief in the possibility of a new Nigeria built on character competence, capacity, compassion, integrity, and respect for the rule of law based on justice and fairness.

17. God bless us all. God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Mr. Peter Gregory Obi, CON Presidential Candidate of Labour Party.

Obi –Datti Campaign Organization Office Abuja, FCT.Monday 6th November 2023. Copied etodike

06/11/2023

Full Text Of Peter Obi’s Speech On Supreme Court Verdict

Remarks at a Press Conference by Mr. Peter Gregory Obi, CON Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party on The Supreme Court Judgment of 26th October, 2023 On the 2023 Nigeria Presidential Election Held in Abuja, FCT, on Monday 6th November, 2023; Protocols:

1. Fellow countrymen and women. Gentlemen of the Media, Good day and welcome to this press conference. Kindly permit me to make some brief remarks on the recent ruling of the Supreme Court, the highest court in Nigeria.

2. About a fortnight ago, I was traveling abroad on a prior scheduled engagement when I received the notice that the Supreme Court would give judgment on Thursday 26th October 2023 on our challenge of the ruling of the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC). That judgment has since been delivered as scheduled. The leadership of the Labour Party has already pronounced its position on the judgment.

3. As someone who has previously benefited from the rulings of the Supreme Court on electoral matters, I have, after a period of deep and sober reflection, decided to personally and formally react to the recent judgment as most Nigerians have. Because we are confronted with very weighty issues of national interest, I will speak forthrightly. As students young lads at CKC, Onitsha, we were taught values and admonished to always; “choose the harder right, instead of the easier wrong.”

4. Setting legal issues aside, the Supreme Court exhibited a disturbing aversion to public opinion just as it abandoned its responsibility as a court of law and policy. It is, therefore, with great dismay that I observe that the Court’s decision contradicts the overwhelming evidence of election rigging, false claim of a technical glitch, substantial non-compliance with rules set by INEC itself as well as matters of perjury, identity theft, and forgery that have been brought to light in the course of this election matter. These were hefty allegations that should not to be treated with levity. More appalling, the Supreme Court judgment willfully condoned breaches of the Constitution relative to established qualifications and parameters for candidates in presidential elections. With this counter-intuitive judgment, the Supreme Court has transferred a heavy moral burden from the courtrooms to our national conscience. Our young democracy is ultimately the main victim and casualty of the courtroom drama.

5. Without equivocation, this judgment amounts to a total breach of the confidence the Nigerian people have in our judiciary. To that extent, it is a show of unreasonable force against the very Nigerian people from whom the power of the Constitution derives. This Supreme Court ruling may represent the state of the law in 2023 but not the present demand for substantive justice. The judgment mixed principles and precepts. Indeed, the rationale and premise of the Supreme Court judgment, have become clearer in the light of the deep revealing and troubling valedictory remarks by Hon. Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammad, (JSC) on Friday 27th October 2023.

6. In disagreeing very strongly with the ruling of both the Presidential Petitions Court (PEPC) and the Supreme Court on the outcome of the 25th February 2023 Presidential election as declared by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as democrats who believe in the rule of law, we recognize that the Supreme Court is the end stage of the quest for legal closure to the matter. As a party and as candidates, Datti and I have now exhausted all legal and constitutional remedies available to us. However, this end is only another beginning in our quest for the vindication of the hope of the common man for a better country. After all, sovereignty belongs to the people! If only for historical purposes, it behooves us to place our disagreement with and deep reservations about this judgment on public record.

7. We have long been aware of how weak national institutions have negatively affected our democracy. This year 2023 has been quite remarkable and revealing. INEC has displayed incompetence in the conduct of its statutory duty. The judiciary has largely acted in defiance of constitutional tenets, precedents, and established ground rules. Political expediency has preceded judicial responsibility. A mechanical application of technicalities has superseded the pursuit of justice and fairness. Both INEC and the Supreme Court as the referees, respectively shifted the goalposts in the middle of the game.

8. Where the value and import of the recent Supreme Court ruling ends is where our commitment to a New Nigeria begins. Our mission and mandate remain unchanged. From the very onset, our mission has been more about enthroning a new Nigeria. It is a new nation where things work, where the country is led from its present waste and consumption orientation to a production-driven economy. Our commitment is to a nation anchored on the principles of prudent management of resources to quickly pull millions out of multidimensional poverty, ensuring transparency and accountability in the equitable distribution of opportunities, resources, and privileges. In the new Nigeria, we aim to address all unmet needs by showing compassion for all those left behind by the present system.

9. Going forward, we in the Labour Party and the Obidient Movement are now effectively in opposition. We are glad that the nation has heard us loud and clear. We shall now expand the confines of our message of hope to the rest of the country. We shall meet the people in the places where they feel pain and answer their needs for hope. At marketplaces, motor parks, town halls, board rooms, and university and college campuses, we all carry and deliver the message of a new Nigeria. As stake holders and elected Labour Party officials, we shall remain loyal to our manifesto. We will continue to canvas for good governance and focus on issues that promote national interest, unity, and cohesion. We will continue to give primacy to our Constitution, the rule of law, and the protection of ordered liberties. We will offer the checks and balances required in a functional democracy and vie robustly in forthcoming elections to elect those who share our vision of a new Nigeria.

10. Given our present national circumstances, there is a compelling need for a strong political opposition. We shall, therefore, remain in opposition, especially because of the policies and the governance modalities that we in the Labour Party campaigned for, especially reducing the cost of governance, moving the nation from consumption to production, reducing inflation, ending insecurity, promoting the rule of law, guaranteeing the responsibility to protect, and stabilizing the Nigerian currency; are clearly not the priorities of the present administration nor is it interested in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

11. If there is one thing that has immensely gladdened my heart in the course of the struggle of the past 18 months, it is the passionate desire of our people, especially our young people from across ethnic and religious divides, to construct a new and restructured Nigeria that will work for all Nigerians. That goal remains my guiding light and abiding inspiration.

12. Finally, I thank all Nigerians who believed in what is now only a revolution postponed. We deeply appreciate the unalloyed non-partisan moral support millions of youth and ordinary Nigerians across ethnic, religious, and geopolitical divides have continued to give to Dr. Datti Baba-Ahmed and me.

13. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the Nigerians who have supported this mission from the onset. We salute the leadership and members of the Labour Party, the Obidient Movement, the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Nigerians in the Diaspora, Support Groups, and all people of goodwill who worked diligently and hoped for the realization of the beginnings of a New Nigeria in this election cycle.

14. Nigerians who supported our cause have done so out of patriotism and their sincere conviction that our nation requires and deserves dedicated and visionary leaders who will lead Nigeria toward a brighter future. The energy and dedication of Nigerian Youths and the Obedient Movement have been simply amazing. I appreciate and salute them! I want to assure them that this is not the end of our journey; but in fact, the beginning. Nigeria heard you. The world has taken note and will not forget so easily. We shall endure, persist, until we get to our destination because a new Nigeria is our destination. A destination not an event.

15. We thank, in a special way, our legal team. We also thank our elder States-Men, whose wise counsel were immeasurable To them, we wish to state unequivocally that this judicial outcome – an obvious misrepresentation of substantial justice – has by no means foreclosed the realization of a new Nigeria that is Possible.

16. On a personal note, I take personal pride and express gratitude to those who share our vision; and who have also exhibited rare courage to challenge the nefarious system, the genuineness of individuals’ identities and their defining and qualifying particulars up to the highest extent allowed by law. Nigeria holds out hope of infinite possibilities leading to our desirable greatness. I remain consistent in my belief in the possibility of a new Nigeria built on character competence, capacity, compassion, integrity, and respect for the rule of law based on justice and fairness.

17. God bless us all. God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Mr. Peter Gregory Obi, CON Presidential Candidate of Labour Party.

Obi –Datti Campaign Organization Office Abuja, FCT.
Monday 6th November 2023.

06/11/2023

POLITICAL BATTLE

Still on Wike and Fubara's Matter😂😂😂

So Wike asked Sim Fubara to remit N2billion monthly from the Rivers account to him.
Wike appointed his loyalist to give Sim close marking and now Sim is tired of being controlled.

For the past 2 months Sim has refused to remit the money to Wike and Wike planned to impeach him.

Accoring to reports from Tinubu camp.
If Wike fails to impeach Sim Fubara and regain control of Rivers State, he will eventually lose his position as FCT Minister🤪🤣

It is alleged that Sim wants to return back to the PDP camp and if that happens Tinubu might lose Rivers in 2027.

Remember Rivers State is where Tinubu was assigned huge votes that helped him with the election.

There are already calls from the North to remove Wike as FCT Minister. And Tinubu was ignoring those calls because he needed Wike.

But losing control of Rivers will means Wike will lose value in Tinubu's eyes.

Already the PDP boys are backing Sim over Wike because of what Wike did in the last election.

So now it's a battle of political careers.

If Wike wins, Sim's political career is over. If Sim wins, Wike's political career is over.

It's a matter of life and de@th now and no one is ready to compromise

What do you think of this battle and who do you think will emerge victorious?

Who do you think will win?

Wike or Sim?

The battle lines have been drawn.
Election is over but problem full everywhere🤭

05/11/2023

Nigeria 🇳🇬 2007

What Nelson Mandela said to Nigerians in 2007

“You know I am not very happy with Nigeria. I have made that very clear on many occasions. Yes, Nigeria stood by us more than any nation, but you let yourselves down, and Africa and the Black race very badly. Your leaders have no respect for their people. They believe that their personal interests are the interests of the people. They take people’s resources and turn it into personal wealth. There is a level of poverty in Nigeria that should be unacceptable. I cannot understand why Nigerians are not more angry than they are.
“What do young Nigerians think about your leaders and their country and Africa? Do you teach them history...?

“What about the corruption and the crimes? Your elections are like wars. Now we hear that you cannot be president in Nigeria unless you are Muslim or Christian. Some people tell me your country may break up. Please don’t let it happen.

“Let me tell you what I think you need to do. You should encourage leaders to emerge who will not confuse public office with sources of making personal wealth. Corrupt people do not make good leaders. Then you have to spend a lot of your resources for education.

“Educate children of the poor, so that they can get out of poverty. Poverty does not breed confidence. Only confident people can bring changes. Poor, uneducated people can also bring change, but it will be hijacked by the educated and the wealthy...give young Nigerians good education. Teach them the value of hard work and sacrifice, and discourage them from crimes which are destroying your image as a good people.”

04/11/2023

04/11/2023

PROF OF LAW: NO MORE HOPE IN NIGERIAN JUDICIARY SYSTEM. 02/11/23

Please I strongly urge you to carefully watch & listen to the video below.

When in Secondary School we read the NOVEL INCORRUPTIBLE JUDGE, I am SURE many of us never understood the implications in REAL LIFE.
Or SHAKESPEARE'S FAMOUS VERSE "A DANIEL HAS COME TO JUDGMENT" After passing examinations, have we ever reflected on the VITAL ROLES OF JUSTICE IN OUR LIVES & NATIONS.
WHO CARES?

I am now realizing why GOD TOOK THE JUDICIARY SYSTEM SO SERIOUSLY IN THE BIBLE. HE WARNED AGAINST CORRUPTION OF IT & PARTIALITY.

It's just certain we are heading to ANARCHY. Those who can find JUSTICE IN OUR CORRUPT JUDICIAL SYSTEM, WILL FIND IT IN THEIR OWN WAY.
MANY JUDGES WILL BE ELIMINATED & MANY WILL ABANDON THEIR COURTS.

Was it NOT EMBARRASSING ENOUGH THAT THE SECURITY ADVISER & CHIEF (THIEF) OF STAFF
TO BAT SHOULD "VISIT" THE CJN TO ENSURE BAT WON THE SUPREME COURT ELECTION JUDGMENT?
BAT WON WITH THE FASTEST SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT, JUST TO BEAT THE USA AGENCIES RELEASE OF BAT & ASSOCIATES CRIME FILES.

NOW THAT THE SUPREME COURT HAS BEEN PUBLICLY CONQUERED BY CORRUPTION, ANY OTHER HOPE FOR THE COMMON MAN?

PLS LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE MY SNR PROF OF GEOPHYSICS WHO SHARED THIS VIDEO.

TKSENGRCELE

03/11/2023

President Bola Tinubu has called for free, fair and peaceful conduct election in Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa off season election.

And I'm like what is good for the goose is also good for the gander.

03/11/2023

RUFAI OSENI OF ARISE TV MORNING SHOW REVEALED!📌
Rufai Oseni, who is he? This post is not about his age, place of birth or ethnic group, academic qualifications, marital status or net worth. It is about his emerging brand in the media, and particularly in the television space.
Rufai Oseni, one of the anchors of MORNING SHOW on ARISE TV is an adversarial journalist. He is in a class of his own and doing very well at it. For those who may care to know, adversarial journalism "refers to a kind of journalism or a journalistic role where the journalist adopts an oppositional and combative style of reporting and interviewing. The goal of adversarial journalism is to reveal supposed wrongdoings of actors under investigation."
By dint of hard work and consistent consistency, Rufai is fast becoming a household name in Nigeria, media wise. When in his elements, he is brutally frank and does not need to be compared with anyone else. He is carving a niche for himself. Everyone got his or her own style.

01/11/2023

OBIANO VS SOLUDO ON ANAMBRA AIRPORT

Obiano Describes the naming of Airport after Achebe as a wicked Act

Former Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, expressed strong disapproval of the decision to name Anambra State International Airport after Prof. Chinua Achebe, referring to it as a cruel and ungrateful act. He suggested that this singular action validated the concerns raised by many people, including his wife, regarding Governor Charles Soludo's “inhumanity”, and this was one of the reasons she and others were mad at him for supporting Soludo's bid for the governorship.

“A very unforgiving man, that was while he fought against my wife’s senatorial ambition”, Obiano declared.

Obiano shared his sentiments with a group of Anambra residents who visited him in the USA, led by Prof. Chinedu Onukwuru, an academic teaching in the United States. The purpose of their visit was to express gratitude to Obiano for his role in establishing the airport.

During the discussion, Obiano recounted how his administration, while in office, approved the naming of the airport after him and sent the resolution to the House for confirmation. However, he claimed that Prof. Charles Soludo, who had already been elected as the Governor at the time, interfered through influential individuals in the House and changed the decision.

Obiano also reminisced about how those close to him staunchly opposed Soludo's candidacy for Governor, including his wife who supported Hon. Umeoji. He asserted that he had made it clear to Soludo that his only request was to have the airport named after him. Instead, Soludo chose to name it after Prof. Achebe. Obiano argued that, as a literary figure, Achebe should have been honored with a facility like the International Conference Centre, which hosts seminars and educational events.

Expressing his frustration, Obiano stated that anyone who knew Soludo should advise him to keep the International Conference Centre and name it after whomever he pleased. He concluded by saying that Soludo could even name it after himself or his wife, but not after him.