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  • Anambra 2013: It must be one man, one vote, says VP Sambo

    Anambra 2013: It must be one man, one vote, says VP Sambo

    •PDP holds rally for Nwoye

    •Receives APGA, Accord, LP, PPA members

    Vice President Namadi Sambo yesterday promised that the November 16 governorship election in Anambra State will be free and fair.

    He said the principle of one man, one vote will operate during and after the exercise.

    Sambo spoke at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka during the governorship rally of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) for its candidate, Comrade Tony Nwoye.

    The VP expressed hope that Nwoye will emerge victorious during the election.

    The high light of the rally was the defection of the Deputy Minority Leader in the House of Assembly, Hon Emeka Idu(Onitsha North) to the PDP.

    The former Accord Party(AP) member led members of the Progressives People Alliance (PPA), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Labour Party (LP) numbering over 3,000 to join PDP

    Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu; National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur; Former National Chairman, Chief Okwesilieze Nwodo and Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives Emeka Ihedioha, pronounced the end of the reign of APGA in the state.

    Ekweremadu said: “We shall recover all the things the locusts have taken in this state. We want to recover Anambra to end kidnapping and provide job opportunities to our youths.”

    Ihedioha said the only way to make former President, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, happy for his post- humus 109 years will be for Anambrians to vote for PDP.

    Former National Chairman of the party, Dr Ahmadu Ali, who spoke in his Igala language to some of his Anambra North kinsmen, begged them to close ranks to make the dream a reality.

    At the rally were Gombe State governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo; Deputy Governor of Abia State, Sir Emeka Ananaba; National Organising Secretary of PDP, Victor Kwom; Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, Senator Wali Jibrin.

     

  • Jonathan leads Ghanaian leader, governors, others to Achebe’s burial

    Jonathan leads Ghanaian leader, governors, others to Achebe’s burial

    President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday led Ghanaian leader, John Mahama, state governors and envoys to Ogidi town in Anambra State for the burial of literary icon, Prof. Chinua Achebe.

    Also attending the burial service at St. Philips Anglican Church, Ogidi, Anambra state are – delegations of the Bishop of Canterbury and the United States; ex- vice president Alex Ekwueme and former Commonwealth secretary-general; Chief Emeka Anyaoku.

    The governors in attendance are Emmanuel Uduaghan (Delta), Rochas Okorocha (Imo), Theodore Orji (Abia) and host governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, among other dignitaries.

    The deceased would be buried later on Thursday.

     

  • ‘Jonathan free to seek re-election in 2015’

    ‘Jonathan free to seek re-election in 2015’

    ...Ekwueme, Clark , Gbonigi gives president go ahead on poll

    …Supports emergency rule

    The Southern Nigerian Peoples Assembly (SNPA) has said no person can determine who becomes the country’s president in 2015.

    The group argued that the choice resides in the Nigerian people and not subject to whims and caprices of any one person or group of persons.

    Besides, the group noted that President Goodluck Jonathan has the right to seek re-election in 2015 if he so desired.

    The group also called on the president to convene a national conference as a way of halting the political tension that has enveloped the country.

    The group’s position was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of its 3rd General Conference held in Lagos and signed by Rev. Bolanle Gbonigi (South West), Former Vice President Alex Ekwueme, (South-East) and Chief Edwin Clark (South-South).

    The meeting was attended by over 150 delegates, with Dr. Cairo Ojougboh and Senator Lee Maeba leading a host of former legislators to the conference.

    The group also applauded the president for the bold step towards ending the insecurity in the country and therefore passed a vote of confidence on him.

    “The choice of who becomes the president of Nigeria in 2015 resides with the Nigerian people and not subject to the authority, whims and caprices of any one person or persons,” the group stated.

    “The observed unease in the polity culminating from the several threats and drums of war is a clear expression of continual shrinking space for national dialogue. As we move gradually towards the precipice, our rescue lies only in the convocation of a national conference which shall provide an unfettered platform for Nigerians to negotiate and agree on terms of living together on the basis of mutual respect and trust. This is the only way to justify and make meaningful our centenary celebrations,” it added.