By Jude Opara, Abuja
Ahead of the April 5 primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State, a governorship aspirant, Hon. Chukuma Umeoji has called on Prof. Obiora Fr Okonkwo, Nicholas Chukwujeku Ukachukwu, Sir Paul Chukwuma, Obinna Onunkwo and other aspirants to step down for him.
Umeoji, a former two time member of the House of Representatives made the call on Tuesday in Abuja while addressing newsmen after submitting his form at the National Secretariat of the party.
He said he decided to join the race so as to provide practical solutions and not merely talking of the different problems facing the state.
Umeoji who is also a one time local government chairman noted that the poor performance of the incumbent governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo had shown that academic qualification alone cannot guarantee good performance.
He said: “I am calling on other aspirants to step down for Umeoji who has the experience. I may not have the capacity to talk like Soludo who promised everything and did nothing.
“We are coming to provide practical solutions,not theory. His (Soludo) government has shown that academic qualification is not a guarantee for performance.”
The confident aspirant further stressed that he is not coming to establish Dubai and Taiwan like Soludo promised, but only interested in development of the state.
Umeoji noted that there is deprivation at all levels, adding that no investor is coming into the state and the governor thrives on propaganda.
He regretted that there was a security master plan designed by former Governor Peter Obi, but was jettisoned by the current governor, hence, the intractable security problems in the state.
“If I win Anambra state, within 24 hours the guns will go down. The issue of unknown gunmen, no gunmen in Anambra is unknown. The people in the community know the criminals.
“The people behind the insecurity are not unknown. We will give them a window for rehabilitation. The basic problem of crime is poverty. We are going to make sure,” he concluded.
