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The Appeal Court recently affirmed the
election of Honorable Dr. Matthew Nwogu, how did you receive the judgement
considering the fact that he trounced your party member in the election and
also won him at the court?
Well, it is not a
matter of party now; I am talking about the person of Dr. Matthew Nwogu. Since I
came in contact with him I have not seen anything to suggest that he will not
excel in any field of his endeavor irrespective of party affiliation because
party politics is a matter of interest, where one feels he can get a more
comfortable position to serve the nation, because we are talking about serving the
nation and serving humanity, that is what we are talking about. So Nwogu is a
selfless political leader, right from the time he was in APC, he has been a
very very dogged fighter, and don’t forget that he was made board member of Federal
Housing Authority (FHA) and his performance there remain excellently indelible.
So he is a very popular Nigerian, a dogged fighter, unassuming, and very simple
in nature. So wherever he is, whether he is in APC, Labour, PDP, the much I
know him, he will always win, in as much as I will like him to rejoin APC,
because that is his family, that is his political family, the much I know. And in
all, I congratulate him, the people of Aboh Mbaise/Ngor Okpala will in no
distance time reap dividend of democracy as attracted by Matthew Nwogu.
Imo State for quite sometimes now has been in
the news for the wrong reasons of security infractions, what do you think Nwogu
can do, now that he has connected to the national grid, as you normally say,
what can he do, giving his national influence, regarding the security situation
in his constituency in particular, and Imo State in general?
You know security is
not a public something; you don’t discuss the strategies in public otherwise the
information will go out to the criminal which is not good, so he is doing
something which I will not tell you on the pages of newspaper, but I know he is
on top of the situation, he has made a lot of proposals, he has taken some
steps to make sure the security in the Imo State, and in Nigeria at large is
brought under control. That is the much I can tell you about that, the
blueprint is not what I am going to say in the public, but I know he is working
seriously to make sure that there is improvement. And look he is for Imo
irrespective of party affiliation, and he is committed to that, because if
things go wrong, they would not so, oh, members of APC, member of Labour or
PDP, or who will be affected, so when you through a stone inside the market,
you don’t know who it will hit, it might fall on your mother, or your son, or
your in-law, or your daughter, so that is the philosophy with which he is
going, he believes that he is working for Imo State, he is working for Aboh
Mbaise/Okpala, he is working for Nigeria, he is working for all states, because
he is in Imo State does not mean he cannot help out in Anambra which is APGA
state, does not mean he cannot help out in Lagos which is APC state, that is
the philosophy that he is driving with, and I commend him for that, I admire
him for that.
Your party member and incumbent Governor of Imo
State, His Excellency, Senator Hope Uzodinma also won his election, what advice
are you giving to Hon. Nwogu to collaborate and work with Hope Uzodinma to
bring Democratic dividend to the people of Imo State?
I have said it before, irrespective of party
affiliation, Nwogu is accommodating, and Uzodinma is accommodating, whatever
they bring to Imo State is for the whole of Imo State, it is not for Nwogu, it
is not for Uzodinma alone, it is not about Nwogu or about Uzodinma. I know them
as two old friends, and still remain friends, yet, the much I have spoken with
Nwogu, at no material time did he cast aspersions on the Governor, all he was
saying was, wherever you are, bring dividend of democracy to Imo State. So my
advice is that as they have been collaborating, they should keep on
collaborating and make Imo State better.
Your
state whether we like it or not, in a year plus from now electioneering activities
will resume fully sequel to the off cycle election to choose a governor of the
state. How prepared is APC to unseat the incumbent, His Excellency, Professor
Charles Soludo? As it is now Soludo is working, so what magic is in place by
your party to win Anambra State?
I cannot tell you the strategy of APC; we have
our own internal arrangements which will come to limelight any moment from now.
And then for Soludo, I still have to commend him, but that does not mean that
he has done enough to attract another term expressly, but I won't say much
about him until 2024 ending, because he said he should be given time.
However,
on road infrastructure, he is doing well, as I told a journalist the other day,
he is doing well at least the only major road that passes through my town, he
is doing it; I cannot deny that. In the past, you can't come to my town unless you
employed a caterpillar, but today we can manage to drive there, the small road
that leads to my own house is nothing to write home about, I believe he will still
come to our help, but the major road that passes through my town, is being
done. As I am talking to you work is going on there.
But in as much as we are preparing we have to be
on our toes to wrest power and he too has to be on his toes to continue, it
will be a fierce contest, in as much as if my party wins it is better for me.
But then we must be on our toes, but I can't deny that he is working.
Recently a
political bigwig, an Anambra born politician in the name of Senator Patrick Ifeanyi
Ubah left his party and joined your party, APC, what do you think is going to
be the impact of Ubah in APC?
It is a very big boost to our party in Anambra
State. Yes, Ifeanyi Ubah is a fighter, he is a goal getter, it will help to
reshape the composition and structure of APC in Anambra State. It is a very big
boost, so I welcome him, and I congratulate him on his joining us. Whatever may be his ambition, God will grant it, and
we will give him good support.
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