The dust raised by the defection of former Anambra governor, Peter Obi is yet to settle as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance said that new Governor Willie Obiano has already perfumed better than Obi
Umeh who spoke interview with the Punch Newspapers said: “We have another governor of APGA who is in charge of Anambra State and he is doing very well for the state and for the party. There is no reason our people will want to vote for any other party apart from APGA. People are happy with the administration of Governor Obiano. He has given them security, which Obi could not provide.
“Our people are exceedingly happy with the security situation in Anambra State. People now sleep with their two eyes closed. Under Obi’s administration, people were kidnapped behind the governor’s lodge. There is nothing they can use to campaign against out party. We are in good stead to win elections in Anambra State in 2015.”
Umeh also claimed that the defection of the former governor will not affect the fortunes of the party in next year’s elections.
“We are working hard round the clock to prepare for the 2015 elections. The defection of former governor Peter Obi will not affect APGA in anyway. Obi is not contesting election, at least, that much I know. If he is coming out to campaign, he would be asking people to vote for another person, not himself. We are not perturbed, we are going to win. Our people are supporting APGA. People are voting for APGA not because of Obi, they are voting for APGA because of what it represents for them,” he said.
On the recent rally held in Owerri, the Imo State capital, Umeh said the rally was very impressive and an indication that the state is returning to APGA’s hands in the next election.
“Imo State is electrified already by the activities of APGA and people are very happy that the party is there again and they are ready to support the party in 2015. On October 3, we did a sensitisation rally that can pass for a presidential rally. There was a mammoth crowd in Owerri. Nobody is left in doubt that APGA is coming to reclaim the state in 2015,” he said.
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