Nwobodo Onyekwere
Campaigns for the 2027 general elections kicked off since August 19, but Enugu people are yet to have the benefit of even a glimpse of an alternative governance blueprint from any of the pretenders masquerading as opposition candidates in the state!
Instead, what they are inundated with is empty propaganda tales of official suppression, and now, nonexistent, albeit self-inflicted, attacks after attacks by persons they allege were sent by the state government, without a shred of evidence!
Uche Nnaji would seem to have got tired of his old, convenient blame game against Governor Peter Mbah, for his bagful of mess that ousted him from his ministerial post. His only other singsong is ‘returning Enugu back to the olden days…’ , whatever that means!
Now, the delusional Chinyeaka Ohaa of NDC has unveiled his own disingenuous strategy of attributing shortcomings of his leprous campaign that unraveled even before it started, to so-called agents of Governor Peter Mbah.
He was suppressed, encumbered and unsure of his candidacy until about a fortnight ago, after the paid off the authentic NDC candidate, with part of the slush funds at his disposal from decades of mastery of bureaucratic manipulation!
It was obvious he was unprepared for the contest, ostensibly because he wasn’t sure of the ticket! Now that he has the ticket, he is concocting all manner of lies against Governor Peter Mbah, to make himself visible to the unwary public as the main challenger in the forthcoming election.
If it wasn’t a desperate publicity stunt by a badly unhinged, delusional politician, how would a normal thinking candidate advertise an international airport as venue for campaign flag off, and direct his supporters to congregate there, without consideration for the implications, including their safety?
When Police were notified of the program, they advised him to seek and obtain approval from FAAN, first, but he would not do that, persisting in his tomfoolery!
He went ahead to goad his ignorant supporters to the airport on the appointed day, without FAAN or Police permit, whereupon they were barred from entry!
The police did what they had to do, but Chinyeaka’s thugs had apparently been drilled to resist lawful orders! They were forcibly dispersed in the end, but the candidate mischievously ran with the account that it was Governor Mbah who molested and barred his supporters from using the airport!
How can someone who aspires to govern a state not be able to make a simple, easy decision on the proper venue for campaign flag off? Is the airport a political turf or playground?
For emphasis, Akanu Ibiam Airport, Enugu, is an international gateway , a very busy regional aviation hub that hosts hundreds of flights, local and international, and thousands of connecting passengers. The facility is a restricted environment that has no space for rowdy, non-aviation related activities!
Is the NDC candidate coming to build or destroy? Does he know the resources and energy that went into the approval to concession the airport for maximum utilization? Since the civil war, no airplane had flown straight out of Enugu into the international airspace, UNTIL NOW! Peter Mbah broke the jinx! Is that the kind of project Chinyeaka Ohaa wants to undermine with the useless frolic he dubbed campaign flag off? God would not allow that!
After the airport incident, he reportedly led them back to his campaign office in the city centre where another scuffle ensued : gun shots were allegedly fired and someone was hit! Again, as if his prayers had been answered, Chinyeaka again, ran off with the false narrative that the victim and died! He sold the fat lie to Peter Obi who believed him without cross checking with security agencies! Obi went ahead to observe a minute silence for a living person, the first in recorded history, because he believed Chinyeaka Ohaa? With irrefutable proof that no one died in that episode, how does the Obi camp navigate this hoax this season and even thereafter?
Frolicking with a man without reputation brings a lot of avoidable, indefensible political baggage! Obi knows better now…
Governor Mbah has invested so much to give Enugu the security it has today and would be the last man to undermine himself, as it were! The other time Chinyeaka reported another attack on his team in his homestead, Governor Mbah directed security agencies to unravel those behind it, and bring them to book. As we speak, the police have a suspect in custody, and Enugu awaits the outcome of the investigation.
But, why would it always be Chinyeaka Ohaa, who has barely exited Enugu state appointment, to run for governorship, when there was someone, much more visible? Let the police help crack this puzzle!
Attacks on anyone, candidate or not, goes against the avowed commitment of Governor Peter Mbah, to build and secure the state for business, investment tourism, and living ! It goes against the promise to build the Enugu state economy exponentially from $4m to $30m, and reduce the poverty index from 58% to O%!
Governor Mbah wants the opposition to come up with alternative programs of their own to sell to the people of Enugu, instead of resorting to the propaganda of attacks he knew nothing about , as cover for lacking in substance for credible campaign @debate!
The Governor is intentional, cerebral, and calculating, and does not loath accountability or debate! His footprints are visible and measurable!
Let Chinyeaka, Uche Nnaji, et al…stop the shenanigans that has been their campaign strategy and get ready to face Ndi Enugu with programs that can match Governor Mbah’s tested blueprint!
One day, and very soon too,these stories of attacks would expire, as long as God remains on the throne, and our folks would separate the grains from the chaff!.
For a better society
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