Uba: Emergency Rule Threat Meant to Push Obiano to Sit Up

David-Chyddy Eleke in Awka

Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State, Senator Andy Uba, has said the statement of the Attorney General of the federation, Abubakar Malami, on imposing an emergency rule in Anambra could be likened to a wake up call on the Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano.

Uba said there were signed that Obiano was playing politics with the security situation in Anambra, and as such, had for weeks been prodding him to sit up.

In a press statement by the Director of Media, Andy Uba Campaign Council, Uba lamented that for weeks, he prodded Obiano to “come off the high horse he bestrode and frontally tackle the deteriorating insecurity in the state,” saying the threat of an emergency rule, had forced the governor to woke up.

“As typical of anyone, who wakes up from the wrong side of his bed after a deep slumber, Obiano, like an intemperate workman, who quarrels with his tools, is blaming everyone else but himself, for the threats by the federal authorities to declare a state of emergency in Anambra if the current state of anomie persists,” he said.

Uba questioned Obiano for asking if neighbouring Imo and Ebonyi States, which were controlled by APC have had state of emergency imposed on them.

His words: “When Governor Obiano speaks about past security challenges in neighbouring Imo and Ebonyi States, the question to ask is: didn’t governors of both states take urgent, practical steps that restored normalcy?

“When only two days ago, on Tuesday, October 5, 2021 governors of the Southeast met at Enugu to seek solutions to rising insecurity, especially, in Anambra, why was Obiano the only governor not in attendance?

“Why did he rather choose to go dancing on a campaign romp at Otuocha, Anambra East LGA of the state, on the same day other serious governors gathered to seek a regional solution to a problem most prevalent in his state, in spite of the fact that he is not a candidate in next month’s governorship election?

“It is still not late for the governor to retrace his steps and act like the governor he is until March 17, 2022, when by the grace of God, Senator Andy Uba would succeed him,” Ogene wrote.