The Better Nigeria
Peoples Party (BNPP) has elected a non-indigene of Anambra State as its
flagbearer for the forthcoming governorship election in November 18th, 2017. The flagbearer, Chief
Ikem Ohanugo, who hails from Imo state, was unanimously elected via a ‘yes’
voice vote by 42 delegates drawn from the 21 local government areas in the
state.
Announcing the winner
in Awka, the state party chairman, who doubled as the primary election
chairman, Hon. Emeka Obiako, described the exercise as peaceful, decent and
free of rancour. He said the choice of
the flagbearer by the party was to prove that there was no difference between
Anambra and Imo states, and that a non indegene can govern the state better
than most of its citizens.
“My candidate is not
even from Anambra, but from Imo. We want to show them that Anambra and Imo are
the same. Ikem is born and bred in Onitsha. Someone who has lived in Onitsha
for decades can be said to be a citizen of Anambra.
“His father was the
first and best chairman of the old Onitsha local government area comprising of
Onitsha north, south and Ogbaru. He was also the first chairman of the Onitsha
Market Traders Association (OMATA),” he said.
Obiako described the
party’s candidate as humble and unassuming, and a seasoned politician, whose
friendly disposition extends to all, irrespective of religious affiliation and
geographical location.
In his acceptance
speech, Ohanugo Ikem said he would encourage non indigenous policies,
revotionalise agriculture and industrialization in the state if voted into
power.
Ohanugo, who was
represented by Hon Ibuchim Ezekwelu, a two-times commissioner in the state,
said his emergence as the governor of the state come November 18, would not
only be a shocker, but a sharp departure from the political permutation of the
state.
“Whether you like it or
not, godfatherism and money politics is gradually going into extinction in
Anambra state. The average Anambrarian is tired of godfatherism in the state,”
he added.
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