Anambra State Governor, Chief
Willie Obiano has spoken out on allegations that he is supporting President
Muhammadu Buhari to return for a second term.
The Governor who spoke through
the Commissioner for Information & Public Enlightenment, Mr C.Con Adinuba
on speculations about endorsing any presidential candidate for the 2019
election, said such information was untrue.
Adinuba said stories of Obiano
endorsing one presidential candidate or the other were merely configuration
meant to use his name to sway support for their principal.
The commissioner in a press
release said, “As the 2019 general election approaches, it is interesting how
various politicians and political parties have been swooping on Governor Willie
Obiano of Anambra State in the belief that his role will be critical in
deciding who wins the presidential vote.
“For instance, operatives of two
of the leading political parties in Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress
(APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have taken to the social media to
create the impression that the governor has endorsed their candidates in the
forthcoming election.
“Some have even gone as far as
reproducing a video of an event which took place in 2014 in a bid to give the
impression that the event has just occurred, but this is not true.”
He stated that Obiano was neither
working for Buhari nor Atiku as he was his own man, who is steadfast about his
party, which he said also had its presidential candidate.
He said, “The enormous attention
paid to Gov Obiano by various national political parties as well as their
agents is flattering. Indeed, we are not aware of any state governor who has in
recent times received this level of attention in Nigeria.
“Gov Obiano is the Chairman of the
Board of Trustees of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). He is also the
APGA National Leader. These positions place heavy responsibilities on his
shoulders. Therefore, any talk about his endorsing the presidential candidate
of another party, let alone joining another party, is sheer wishful thinking.
“APGA has a presidential
candidate in the 2019 general election in the person of General John Gbor
(retd). This is in sharp contrast to the situation during the two previous
presidential elections when APGA had no candidate, and was consequently
constrained to form an electoral alliance with the ruling party.
“To state the obvious, Gov Obiano
will work closely with Gen Gbor in the electioneering campaign whose outcome
will be a pleasant surprise to the Nigerian people.”
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