The growing trend of decampment of some politicians
and respected personalities in the State has been described as a worrisome
trend with dire consequences for the nation's democracy and the integrity and
dignity of Ndigbo.
A former Governor of the State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife
stated this in Awka during a press conference with newsmen on political
developments in the State and Nigeria.
Dr Ezeife who pointed out that Political Parties are
voted into power based on their antecedents in terms of performance, vision and
capacity, said if a Party is in power and the populace is suffering, hungry and
disillusioned, the only reward they should get is to be voted out and wondered
what the justification is, for the decampment especially with the massive
impoverishment which Nigerians are facing presently.
According to him, due to the high level of organised
electoral theft which some of these parties had executed to wrestle power in
recent elections in other states, many desperate politicians in Anambra who do
not believe in winning election credibly, are now jumping ship hoping to steal
the people's mandate at all cost.
The former Governor who warned that if people of
Anambra make the mistake of giving these politicians their mandate to lead
them, the entire SouthEast would have lost its only flagship for sustainable
development and exemplary leadership and urged the people to vehemently resist
the imposition of political parties with strange ideology on them as according
to him, these other parties lacked merit and vision.
While further noting that Ndigbo are known for their
enterprising nature and their dignity achieved through their constant
insistence on merit and industry over mediocrity, Dr Ezeife warned that the
people's dignity and respect is presently being threatened by the negative
political development in Anambra state.
On the recent statement by former President Olusegun
Obasanjo, making a case for Igbo Presidency come 2019, Dr Ezeife harped on the
need for Ndigbo to learn how to explore every opportunity they can get to fight
their emancipation, especially in view of the injustices and marginalization
meted out against them in the country.
He noted that Nigeria is blessed with abundant human
and material resources enough to lead Africa and indeed the black nation to
economic prosperity, but due to corruption and bad leadership, the nation is
still a failed state and said Igbo Presidency remains the answer to country's
development question and the clamour in the SouthEast for an independent state.
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