BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE!!! Anambra Governorship Election Already Been Decided And Won – See Preliminary Results Announced
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The various political parties in the forthcoming Anambra State Governorship election, slated for November 18 have already nominated their flag bearers ahead of the political battle, with the election already decided in favour of the incumbent Governor, Willie Obiano.
A cross section of Anambra residents who spoke to Post-Nigeria via telephone, said Wille Obiano remains a candidate to beat, because of his track record of infrastructural development and prompt payment of salaries.
Meanwhile, most of the political parties have selected their candidates. They include: the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, which has the incumbent Governor, Willie Obiano, as its flag bearer; All Progressives Congress, APC, which nominated Tony Nwoye; the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which has Oseloka Obaze as the candidate; Progressives Peoples Alliance, PPA, with Godwin Ezeemo as the candidate; and the United Peoples Party, UPP, which nominated Osita Chidoka.
Other parties and their candidates are: the Advanced Congress of Democrats, ACD, with Mrs. Oby Okafor as the candidate; and the Peoples Party of Nigeria, PPN, with Henry Ikechukwu Onuorah as the flag bearer, among others.
Post-Nigeria gathered after one week interactions with some of the Anambrians in the State, that no doubt, Obiano will surely crush to victory as far as the November 18 Governorship election in Anambra State is concerned.
Apart from the power of incumbency, the State’s security machinery and other relevant bodies which are all at his beck and call, is a strong point for his second term bid.
His giant strides in security, agriculture, education, and health, as well as creating an enabling environment for trade and industry to thrive, are all to his credit.
His prompt and steady payment of salaries and pensions has attracted support for the “Alert Governor” as he is fondly called, and this no doubt would booster his second term bid.
Many residents of the State have vowed that it would be better to entrust their destiny in the hands of a tried and tested hand, than in some other relatively unknown opponents with little or no experience in governance.
Also, the APC Governorship candidate, Tony Nwoye, who defeated heavy weight politicians like Andy Uba, among others, may not find it easy, wrestling power out of the hands of Obiano.
Nwoye is currently in the National Assembly, representing Anambra East/Anambra West Constituency.
Post-Nigeria learnt that Nwoye’s choice of APC as a platform to contest the election may pose a big challenge, because an average Anambrian is yet to come to terms with the party. The ability to convince the electorate who perceive APC as a Northern party, is a major battle he would contend with.
His alleged linkage to the mayhem of 2004, which he did not take part in, may be another blackmail weapon of war against him by his opponents, even though the Justice Keazor Panel of Enquiry exonerated him.
For the PDP candidate, Osseloka Obaze, he defeated other more prominent politicians such as Capital Oil boss, Ifeanyi Uba, and Alex Obi-Ogbolu.
Three other contenders, Stella Oduah, John Emeka, and Linda Ikpeazu, ‘withdrew’ from the race at the climax of the exercise, when Obaze was about to be declared the winner.
Obaze, a seasoned bureaucrat from Anambra North Senatorial Zone, has a track record of making a career out of Foreign Service as a Diplomat. He appears not to have been soiled by the murky waters of politics; especially when compared with any average Nigerian politician.
Obaze’s widely travelled disposition to not less than 64 countries, coupled with the administrative acumen he garnered having worked under various governments, is also a strong merit to his candidature at the forthcoming election.
However, Obaze’s disconnection from the grassroots, occasioned by his past assignments, which had always taken him out of the State and the country, has been a big minus which his opponents could easily cash on.
The Peter Obi connection can as well be a minus to Obaze’s candidature, as many no longer seem to be comfortable with godfatherism. For them, his success in imposing Obiano on them may not work out this time around.
For other contestants, most of the sources likened them as ”political light feathers, who may not win even a Local Government election.”
