APGA Rebuffs Bianca, Vows To Use Ojukwu’s Portrait For Anambra Poll

Chief Odumegwu Ojukwu’s portrait will be used in the Anambra governorship election by the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, irrespective of the desires of Bianca Ojukwu, his widow, a top aide of Governor Willie Obiano said on Sunday.

Chief Benjamin Obi, Director-General to Gov. Willie Obiano on Inter-party and Political Matters, speaking ahead of the party’s plans for the 2021 governorship campaign said the party would kick-start its campaign at the uncompleted Anambra Cargo Airport, Umueri, Anambra State.

Obi, popularly known as “Igwe APGA”, said that the state government would complete the airport before the end of April.

NAN reports that Obiano began the construction of the airport in 2017 shortly after his inauguration for second term in office.

Obi, who said that he would head the party’s 2021 governorship campaign, added that the project would further convince the people of the state that APGA meant well for them.

He said that the governor had done the party proud in the state, given the numerous achievements recorded in the past seven years.

Obi described as empty the threat by opposition political parties that the 16-year governorship reign of APGA in the state would end this year.

“Most political parties opposing APGA ahead of the Nov. 6 governorship election will crash after their primaries.

“Some of the parties have many billionaires as aspirants and when some of them are not favoured at the primaries, they will head to court, while APGA will perfect its plans and win the final election”, he said.

On the threat by Mrs Bianca Ojukwu, widow of the late Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, that APGA should stop using the portrait of her husband, Obi said that neither she nor Ojukwu’s family had the right to stop the party from doing so.

“Chukwuemeka Ojukwu was an institution and not owned by the family, Nnewi or Anambra alone”, he stated.

Obi said that the calibre of aspirants eying the governorship election, such as Prof. Charles Soludo and Akachukwu Nwamkpo, had already constituted a huge threat to the opposition because of their intimidating profiles. (NAN)

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