Ex-Governor Willie Obiano and wife, Ebelechukwu
‘Obiano elevated his wife to status of co-Governor’– Andy Uba, hails Okeke for joining APC
[From CHINEDU NWAFOR, Abakaliki]
Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 6, 2021, Anambra governorship poll, Senator Andy Uba, has lauded the Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Nkem Okeke for dumping the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
A statement, Thursday, signed by Victor Afam Ogene, Director, Media and Publicity, Uba Governorship Campaign Organisation, said Okeke who joined the party on Wednesday, is expected to team up with Senator Andy to ensure victory of the APC in the governorship poll.
Uba said Okeke was the only sane voice of reason in the administration of Willie Obiano, but was sidelined by the Governor who elevated his wife to the status of co-Governor.
“We heartily welcome our deputy governor, Dr. Nkem Okeke, an intellectual of no mean standing who has over the years striven to steer the ship of Anambra state from the parochialism and maladministration which his Principal, Governor Willy Obiano has foisted on the state.
“For several years, Dr. Okeke remained the only sane voice of reason in Government House, Awka, thus before long he was easily sidelined by a Governor Obiano who elevated his wife to the status of co-Governor.
“For taking this patriotic step, in the face of daunting personal discomfort, this generation of ndi Anambra, and indeed Anambra children yet unborn, would remember the name, Dr. Nkem Okeke, as one who rejected the accoutrements of high office and elected to align with the people.”
Okeke who is serving his second tenure as deputy Governor of Anambra State was received into the fold of the APC by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday at the Presidential villa, Abuja.
