Obi, Obiano in war of words over elections

The war of words between Anam­bra State gover­nor, Chief Willie Obiano and his prede­cessor, Mr. Peter Obi yesterday became messy as the latter described his successor’s claim that the National Assem­bly election was rigged in the state as “careless talk.”

Obi, who spoke to newsmen during the pre­sentation of Certificates of Return to those who won the senatorial and House of Representatives seats in the state, insisted that Na­tional Assembly election in the state was “peace­ful and orderly unlike the election for the state As­sembly that was fraught with massive inducement, threat to lives and property and many other atrocities.”
Stating that he was not given to careless talk, Obi said that since Governor Obiano has been given the APGA members that he said he needed to work with, it was the prayers of every Anambra man for him to build on the foun­dations already laid for the good of the people of the state.
Obi recalled that it was under his govern­ment that “the state built the first secretariat, built the first teaching hospi­tal; returned schools to the church and invested so much in education that the state came first in NECO and WAEC for three con­secutive years; rebuilt Onitsha, especially the ten-lane Upper-Iweka Head bridge dual carriage road; provided many vehicles to security agencies as well as started the demolition of houses owned by, or used for kidnapping; started two major hotels for the state and three shopping com­plexes in Awka, Onitsha and Nnewi.”
The former governor however assured that the PDP members in the Na­tional Assembly would work with APGA for the ultimate good and prog­ress of the state....expdonaloaded.blogspot.com
Obi who was flanked by the Senators-elect for Anambra South, Sen. Andy Uba; Hon. Uche Ekwunife (Central); and Princess Stella Oduah (Anambra North), stressed that the benefit of having three of them in one party was that they would work together for the good of Anambra State in particu­lar and Nigeria in general.