Nkem Okeke, deputy governor of Anambra, says he was devalued
by the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), hence his defection to the All
Progressives Congress (APC).
Okeke spoke during a press briefing in Awka, the state
capital, on Friday.
The deputy governor defected to the ruling party on October
13 and was hosted by President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa,
Abuja.
Okeke said he left APGA because Willie Obiano, the governor,
hardly listens to his input and contributions.
The deputy governor said he did not switch parties for
personal enrichment but to seek a wider space to contribute to the development
of the state and Nigeria.
“I am a technocrat, I want to partner the centre leadership
to serve my country in a way to leave legacy for my children like my father did
for me. I want posterity to remember me for good,” he said.
“I have heard people asking me to resign, but I will never
resign. The decision I made to join the APC is in my interest, the interest of
my family and also in the best interest of members of my constituency, Njikoka,
who I represent.
“I have people who
have advised me that the position I hold is not for me alone, but for the
people of my constituency, so I represent them.
“I was elected on the same ticket with the governor of
Anambra state, and I did not beg him to choose me as his running mate for a
second time. It was he who came to me and said I will run with him for a second
term and we won.
“I would not resign from the APGA-led government and would
remain in office as deputy governor till the end of the tenure on March 17,
2022.”
Okeke dismissed the reports that members of the state house
of assembly are planning to impeach him following his defection.
“We have a crop of
seasoned professionals in the state assembly who cannot look away for any price
to ruin the peace and revert the state to anarchy,” he said.
“It is my political right to seek relief if I am choked.
What matters the most is my service to my people and the country in general.
“APGA devalued me all the years I have been in the party; I
am an accidental politician. I do not believe to operate on demerits, so people
who priced me off the shelf with tangible offer approached me, it is not my
fault.”
‘ANAMBRA STANDS A
BETTER CHANCE UNDER APC’
He said APGA has failed to put in place legacies that would
outlive the party, adding that Anambra and the Igbo stand a better chance with
APC.
“Governance is not about building structures; it is all about
developing talents and enabling them to perform, it is not about political
inducement,” he said.
“I have wealth of knowledge about administration and
governance, I have been a two time commissioner, I know what the people need, I
have talked to (Andy) Uba, he listens. Our state will be better off now if Uba
is elected governor.
“At the moment, the fastest way the people of south-east
will restore their lost glories and occupy their political position in the
centre of governance of the nation is through the APC.”
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