Anambra State Chapter
of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Thursday insisted that the Obi Of
Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe gave approval for the APC rally that
coincided with his Ofala festival, maintaining that its standard bearer, Dr
Chris Nwabueze Ngige secured the approval and consent of both the Palace
Secretary in the Palace of the Obi of Onitsha and later the traditional ruler,
the Obi Onitsha himself.
Hon Uche Okonkwo-Okom,
former member, Anambra State House of Assembly and Director in the Chris Ngige
Campaign Organisation, who gave this indication while speaking to journalists
in the state capital, Awka, said he made the arrangements for the rally which
was first scheduled for three previous dates before it finally held on October
7, 2012 and got approval from both high officers of the Palace.
According to him: “I
communicated the Igwe in my capacity as Director of Operations and got a text
approval for our event. So, those who are using the name of our revered
traditional ruler who extended all courtesies to me and my principal are out to
make mischief, and to take away the attention of an upbeat Anambra State from
the gains of a successful rally, attended by close to 120,000 dedicated
supporters who willingly gave out their funds for Ngige to be the next
governor.”
Continuing Okonkwo
said: “I contacted the Igwe on October 5, 2013 to intimate him with our program
and to request a visit to his palace by Ngige and governors attending the rally
and he gladly approved.”
To buttress his point
Okonkwo-Okom showed a text message response from Igwe Alfred Achebe, (going by
the name saved on his handset) which read in part: ‘Sorry I was not in a position
to talk last night .Indeed his Excellency Dr Ngige and the governors are very
welcome. To ensure proper protocol, please advise the number coming and the
names if possible.”
Okonkwo also noted:
“When the timing agreed for the courtesy call was not convenient to either
side, I was also a joint decision by both parties to defer the participation in
the Ofala to another day outside the rally day, Senator Dr Chris Ngige will
still lead us to pay His Majesty a homage as earlier scheduled and deferred and
that would be the time to truly find out if some political beneficiaries of
confusion have not gone to work.”
Okonkwo-Okom,
therefore called on Anambra people to take advantage of the experience so far
garnered by Dr Ngige, and his track record and return the state to the path of
true development in the coming elections, because only God knows why the date
coincides with the date a great Onitsha man who Ngige believes in, being a
Zikist, was born and buried.
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