A former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has said that the late Ogbonnaya Onu was displaced from being the President of Nigeria in 1999.
Onu, an All Progressives Congress,
APC presidential aspirant in the 2023 election, died on Thursday.
Onu, who was the first civilian governor in Abia State, died
in Abuja on Thursday
Sani, a former lawmaker, who represented Kaduna Central
Senatoral District in the 8th assembly, while paying tribute to the former
minister, said Ogbonnaya could have been Nigeria’s President in 1999 after he
won the APP primaries in Kaduna, attended by the likes of the late Ikemba of
Nnewi Chief Ojukwu.
“He was deliberately displaced after a midnight merger with
the then AD. The military wanted Obasanjo and Falae.
“The late Chief Onu is one of Nigeria’s most distinguished,
decent and disciplined political figures in history.
“He has been an influential figure in Nigeria’s politics for
over four decades. A Senator in the second republic,a Governor in the third
republic and a presidential candidate, party chairman and minister in the
fourth republic.
“He is a rare breed politician who lived as unstained,
untainted and unblemished like his white apparel. He was a man who lived and
served his country with decorum and impactful anonymity.
“He was a true patriot whose nationalist credentials can’t
be faulted by any section of the country. Onu was an unnoticed and
unappreciated gentleman and national leader. In words and in deeds, he lived
above politics of rancour and controversy.
In 1999, the outgoing military wanted power to shift to the
South West. Onu was a simple man.
“His known residence in Asokoro remains the one rented for
him by his party, the ANPP, when he was elected its chairman. He remained there
throughout his tenure as minister.
May his soul rest in peace.”
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