Former Anambra State Governor and Minister of Labour and
Employment, Dr Chris Ngige has revealed that he was offered money to accept the
victory of the candidate of the party in the just concluded governorship
election, Senator Andy Uba.
Ngige said he was aware that no primary election took place
to nominate Uba as the flag bearer of the party in the state but some people
were offering him money to accept that the election went well.
Ngige, who was addressing members of the party on New Year’s
Day in his community, Alor said he rejected the money because it was against
his conscience.
“13 persons went for the election (primary) and I told them
I do not have anointed aspirant. I told them it is God who makes a governor, it
is also God who makes a president. I told them to go to the field and convince
everyone to vote for them.
“I told them what was going to happen was direct primaries,
either by secret ballot or option A4. These aspirants listened to me and used
their hard-earned money to run for the election.
“None of them is a thief or stole money, so they used their
hard-earned money and we did a primary election and we said everyone would go
to their ward, that voting will take place from 8 am to 4 pm.
“I even came from Abuja to participate in the process.
Somebody of my status could not vote. I didn’t see any electoral materials here
in Alor ward one. I am from this place, with no electoral officials or
materials except INEC officials. There were the only people who came, our party
officials never came.
“By 5 pm, I called Governor Dapo Abiodun and told him
nothing happened. I told him to postpone the election from Saturday to Monday
he said okay, but they ended up announcing the result.”
Ngige who however failed to disclose who offered him money
said: “At the end, they said I should come and take money and say the election
held. I, Chris Ngige should come and take money and say an election that I
never participated in has held.
“I told them I have all the money I needed, and that I have
contested for all the positions I needed to contest for. It is only one
position that I have not contested for. We are the founding fathers of this
party, these were the same people who stood against us in the early days of APC
and called us Boko Haram party.
“Today, they are saying Ngige does not want people to come
in and that I am now putting people who are my brothers in position. Do not
listen to them, they are lying.”
Ngige who also spoke about the decision to make Uba the
leader of the party in the state said: “There is nothing like a leader in APC
constitution. If you want to answer leader, you answer, but there is no such
thing in the constitution of the APC.”
He said: “2023 is the reason all these wayo people are here
moving about, they have gone to collect money from people that they will work
for them, but we will not allow them.
“Now, they are going about saying they have written the
names of the people who will become the ward, local government and state
executive, but do not listen to them. It was the same way they wrote election
results for the Anambra election and were going about, but when they brought
it, it was dismissed.
“It is the same way they will dismiss the list they are
bandying about today. We will hold a very credible congress in Anambra State.”
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