Chief Ben Obi yesterday said the late Ikemba, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu knew that the former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi would dump APGA as soon as he is no more.
He said the late Ikemba in his presence asked Peter Obi if he would leave APGA and that Peter Obi swore with a bible that he would never do such a thing.
He said: “I saw his defection coming because I worked with him as SSA on inter party affairs and throughout the period he was in court fighting to get his mandate back. “We grew up together and attended the same school and I knew that Obi is very crafty, which sometimes fail him.
“During his tenure, we were at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Onitsha when Ojukwu fainted. I had to carry him in my Hummer Jeep to the nearby Waterside Hospital for treatment and as I was singing a song to him, Obi came in. At that point, Ikemba raised his head and asked Obi if he was sure he would not leave APGA and he answered yes. Ojukwu repeated the question two times and this made Obi to swear with a bible he was holding that he would never leave APGA to any other party''.
“Ojukwu asked this question because he suspected that the former governor would dump APGA as soon as he (Ojukwu) was no more. It was unfortunate that he he did not keep to that promise.”
He also said it was unfortunate for Peter Obi to castigate Rochas Okorocha for decamping to APC only for him to do the same by dumping APGA for the PDP.
He stated that Obi was the main reason why APGA lost all senatorial seats in Anambra State in 2011, particularly that of Anambra Central which the late Professor Dora Akunyili contested. ''He did not want Akunyili to be in the senate because of his own ambition of going to the senate in 2015. If he wanted Akunyili to go to senate, why did he take her to the Head Bridge Drug market, Onitsha to campaign knowing the role Akunyili played in fighting fake drug producers in that market as the director general of NAFDAC? “Besides, Head Bridge is not even part of Anambra Central and he took her there just to mess her up and he got what he wanted because we were stoned by the traders who were still bearing grudges against Akunyili.”
He said it is so unfortunate that Peter Obi did not keep his promise to the late Ikemba.
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