Anambra 2013: I won’t step down for Ngige – Ezeemo

By Willy Eya

Barely 24 hours after Senator Chris Ngige emerged the Anambra State consensus governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), one of the aspirants in the race, Godwin Ezeemo has refuted stepping down for him (Ngige).

He also said that no consensus candidate has emerged for the APC as reported in the media and that he would not step down for Ngige.

Speaking on the purported stepping down for Chris Ngige, Ezeemo said, ‘’ I have not stepped

down for anybody and will never do that. I have always believed in free and fair contest where the best candidate will emerge”.

According to him, he is still very much in the race for the Anambra governorship election on the platform of the APC.

“The rumour making the rounds that Chris Ngige has emerged the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress in the November 16 Anambra election is baseless and unfounded. The attempt to impose a candidate on Anambra people is a deceptive ploy by Rochas Okorocha who is battling to have a sound footing in APC in his own state Imo state.

“Those who do not want to go to the polls to test their popularity and want to take power through the backdoors are clearly scared of my pedigree. I challenge them to the contest before Anambra people who have the ultimate right and final say on who governs them”, he said.

Ezeemo stressed the importance of upholding internal democracy in the newly formed APC, adding, ‘’I have a very firm belief that a free and fair primaries for the purpose of electing a flag bearer for our great party in the forthcoming Anambra governorship elections will make our party stronger”. The  APC according to Ezeemo was formed to wrest power from the ruling PDP and right the several wrongs it has unleashed on the people since the inception of this political dispensation. He said that anything that creates doubt about the sincerity of that avowed principle in the minds of the party faithful certainly does not portend good for APC.

“I stand for free, fair and credible primaries. No more, no less” Ezeemo enthused.

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