OWERRI—FORMER member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) board of trustees, Dr. Ezekiel Izuogu, has resigned his membership of the party and joined All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Dr. Izuogu who disclosed this at the weekend to newsmen in Owerri also said that the leadership of APGA had given him the green light to run for the gubernatorial seat in Imo State. “I opted to dump the PDP when I discovered that the party does not have a level playing ground for all its loyalists,” Izuogu said. Answering another question Dr. Izuogu lamented that “in the PDP, it is government of a few, by a few for the rest of us,” stressing that this is not what democracy is all about. It is most undemocratic for a few people to form themselves into a vicious cabal and lord it over the hapless majority of this country,” Izuogu fumed.
On whether he had not been infested by the “PDP virus,” Dr. Izuogu said, “there is no way I can be infested by the so called PDP virus and I must tell you that I cannot be overtaken by the corrupt tendencies of the PDP.” He explained that despite being a member of the PDP board of trustees, “I spoke strongly against the charade, that was the local government primaries,” adding that the party’s hierarchy did not bother to either instill discipline or ensure that justice was done. “That local government primaries was riddled with large scale corruption. It was unfairly conducted. A lot of people were denied their hard earned victory and the sorry thing is that the victims of the undemocratic act never got justice till today, despite their genuine and peaceful protests,” Izuogu said. It was his considered view that any political party which fails to keep to its constitution as well as ensure equity, justice, fair play and sound patriotism amongst its faithfuls, is not worthy to operate in Nigeria.
“I will willingly quit partisan politics any day I realise that I can no longer fight injustice in this land because injury to one person amounts to injury to all,” Izuogu said.
Asked to comment on how he picked the APGA gubernatorial ticket in imo State without hassles, Dr. Izuogu said that three political parties actually offered him their tickets before he decamped from the ruling PDP.
“Three political parties offered me their gubernatorial tickets. After due considerations, I chose to pitch my tent in APGA. I thank the party’s leadership for giving me the opportunity to run on the party’s platform,” Izuogu said. While insisting that APGA took a critical look at all the aspirants before settling down for him, Dr. Izuogu also assured that ‘there would no other primaries again for the same ticket.” His words: “The party leadership looked at us all before coming out with their consensus opinion, which is also provided in the party’s constitution. some other aspirants even slapped down for me,” Dr. Izuogu said.
With Izuogu in PDP, Udenwa's political problems just got worse.
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But Egede 1 just told us APGA does not exist in the east !! It looks like the Igbo massess are responding appropriately to Ikemba.
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But Egede 1 just told us APGA does not exist in the east !! It looks like the Igbo massess are responding appropriately to Ikemba.
Chiboy
If you know the curriculum vitae of Dr. Ezekiel Izuogu in Imo State, you should not be gloating or put any stock on this incident. There is no party Dr. E. Izuogu has never joined. He is simply a journeyman. Chiboy and APGA should lock him down before he bolts to another party. For the record, I am not a member of any political party in Nigeria. My opinions are self and independent.
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You have a tendency to go off on a tangent when confronted with facts. Okay, he is a political prostitute now does his joining APGA not prove that the party exists contrary to what you told us your friend said ? Izuogu cannot join a party that does exist so I think Nwa Biafra was right when he said your friend was being economical with the truth.
I am not gloating about anything, just pointing out your inconsistency here.
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Chiboy Are you surprised about Opon Ifa, why did you think he won the BNW awards for Hit and Run. The guy doesn't believe in substance, he only shoot his mouth without facts to backed it up.
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Chiboy's quote: ................................................. Nwokeoma But Egede 1 just told us APGA does not exist in the east !! It looks like the Igbo massess are responding appropriately to Ikemba. ..................................................
Egede1,
Please get it through your head that APGA is growing and growing despite what your so called friend might have told you.
Your friend is not being totally truthful to you. I wish you will accept the fact that APGA is here to stay and will sweep all the former eastern states. Deal with it.
I did not believe that APGA is struggling to find a base in the east until the tiding that Dr. Ezekiel Izuogu had joined the party hits the newsstand. Izuogu has been running around and chasing political shadow in Owerri since the days of Nwakama Okoro and Sam. Mbakwe. In fact, the last time I heard his name in the political circle, he was forming political party with Mr. Gani Fawehemi.
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So what? You are really not making sense. I beginning to worry about you. Please if you don't have anything constructive to say, SHUT UP!!!!
NwaBiafra
If I had said that APGA is the most popular political party in Nigeria and Ojukwu will win the 2003 presidential election in Nigeria, I would have been making a great sense. In fact, my posts would have been the best constructive articles on the web. The type of attitude you display on this site is the main reason Ndi Igbo are in awkward predicament politically. I think we are dealing with democracy in the current politically dispensation in Nigeria. This display of “my only way or highway attitude of yours” can not attract anybody to your party even if it means the messiah for Ndi Igbo. I bet you do not know who is the APGA chairperson in USA. Keep bubbling with emotions but do not stress yourself too thin.
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well said egede1. My sentiments exactly. You make sense only when u echo views that are agreeable to him. Ojukwu will not win the presidency but I hope he would rally Ndiigbo back to some sort of unity(that's even a very difficult task). I hope APGA wins most of the igbo speaking areas. That would really be a good start and I think that's probably Ojukwu's primary goal. In fact he's the only contender with a meaninful manifesto. The intolerance for diverse opinions here is really irritating though.
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This display of “my only way or highway attitude of yours” can not attract anybody to your party even if it means the messiah for Ndi Igbo. I bet you do not know who is the APGA chairperson in USA.
Egede1,
A man as old as you should know better. If anyone is bubblin with emotion is you. You are the one that came in here and told everyone that your friend informed you that APGA does not exist in Igboland in particular and nigeria in general.
What we are trying to point out to you is that APGA does exist. APGA is the dominant political party in Igboland. You need to come to grips with that fact and deal with it.
I have never said neither have I seen anyone in here persuade you to agree or see things their way. What we are doing is to call you to tast whenevr you make a statement that in untrue giving all avialable facts.
As regards the chairperson of APGA in USA I do know who he is. I could careless about him. I personally challange his loyalty to APGA. I'm not going to give him publicity in the forum by mentioning his name. I could careless about who heads APGA in USA. I care more about the Presidential Flagbearer in the person of Ikemba. and please don't ask me if I know who Ojukwu is because I do. You newly found friend Ogbunigwe will tell you. We have gone through all that.
All I ask you is to back up every statement you make in here with facts. Hearsay has no place in here. You have every right to state your opinion however, when you are called to prove it I wish you will do so without being defensive.
Ogbunigwe,
I hope APGA wins most of the igbo speaking areas. That would really be a good start and I think that's probably Ojukwu's primary goal. In fact he's the only contender with a meaninful manifesto.
I agree with you. However, Ojukwu and APGA are going to win ALL the igbo states not most of the igbo speaking areas.
Ojukwu urges IgOjukwu urges Igbo to vote APGA .................................................. By Martina Ogu Friday, February 07, 2003
ONITSHA—APGA presidential candidate Chief Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu yesterday stormed Onitsha the commercial hub of the South East to continue his campaign preparatory for the April 19, 2003 polls, with an appeal to the Igbo nation to vote for APGA to change the mess in the nation’s polity. Ojukwu said the Igbo nation was not seeking the presidency not out of pity but as of right. The campaign train, he said would end at Aso Rock, Abuja. Ojukwu who chided those he said “had “ during Biafran war only to come now for Igbo votes, said it was time now for the Igboman to occupy the Aso Rock is seat. “Those who did not fight with us when we were fighting will not benefit from the Igbo nation,” Ojukwu who spoke to the supporters who thronged the Holy Trinity Church field, venue of the campaign rally said. “We should ask them where they were during war. This is the time to show our true identity to our people. We should say the truth, the Igbo nation should get it (the presidency) now. It is time for the Igbo to go and take the seat.” he urged all Igbos to come together to achieve.
Earlier in his speech, Ojukwu’s running mate, Alhaji Sani Ibrahim Bayero had said that Ojukwu did not start the Nigeria-Biafra war but only defended himself. “Ojukwu never start the war, he defended himself. He laid his life for his people,” Bayero said, and urged Igbos to vote for Ojukwu as a way of paying him back. Ojukwu also presented to the people of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, the party’s governorship candidate and urged them to vote for him to correct all the mess made by the PDP government in the state.
“Everything Mbadinuju spoilt he (Peter Obi) will repair them. He has promised me that he would do that,” Ojukwu said while presenting Obi. Ojukwu who was ushered into Onitsha by outriders of Okada operators who displayed all sorts of acrobatic displays with their motor cycles virtually hold Onitsha to a stand still as business and social activities temporarily came to a halt as he moved through the major streets of Onitsha with his entourage.
You are actually going to ridiculous levels just to make friends around here and it need not be so. Though I believe you had a previous life on this forum your second coming has been full of rage,fury and some element of vengeance. I still think you may be a resourcefull man who has something to contribute to Ndigbo so I make haste to caution you. Ijeomaannuntu was your first victim, then Ojukwu was your next target and when some of us noted this trend and spoke out, you began looking for friends among the fringe elements of BNW. You have been quick to embrace trouble makers like Nwa Asaba and even romanced with Adewusi's little bastard all just to spite the mainstream membership of BNW.
Enyi, there is a bigger task at hand, " the unification of Ndigbo and eventual liberation from the clutches of modern day darkness ". Now you are galivanting towards a relationship with Egede 1 whom many have already identified as a commander of the "old Igbo know it all" brigade.I seriously doubt that you subscribe his throw back self serving slavish mentallity or the opportunistic thinking of the post war Igbo middle class. Do you also believe we should worship Iwuanyanwu like Buhari is being worshipped at kanoonline ?
You can earn the respect of people around here by working towards the collective good rather than seeking to make friends with sworn enemies of your people.
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quote:Originally posted by NwaBiafra: This display of “my only way or highway attitude of yours” can not attract anybody to your party even if it means the messiah for Ndi Igbo. I bet you do not know who is the APGA chairperson in USA.
Egede1,
A man as old as you should know better. If anyone is bubblin with emotion is you. You are the one that came in here and told everyone that your friend informed you that APGA does not exist in Igboland in particular and nigeria in general.
NwaBiafra
At least, you have acknowledged the facts my posts carried that may have induced you to attempt to decipher my age. Let me inform you that Ojukwu is the only catch that makes APGA relevant in Nigeria polity. Even at that, the political party is few inches from the political grave. I would want the party to galvanize Ndigbo into unified political force but had to jettison people like you who have exhibited traits of intolerance for diverse opinions. Of course, my friend informed me that he switched party because APGA is not in existence in Igboland. I would like you and your friends to understand that there is a phrase in English world known as “figurative speech”.
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I would like you and your friends to understand that there is a phrase in English world known as “figurative speech”.
Egede1,
Thank you Mr. Professor of English. I'm really wasting my time with you which I should use to accomplish something important. Your post speaks for itself. Anyone that ready it understood it for what you meant. With that in mind, this is my last response to your post!! You are ignored from now on!!
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ogbunigwe and egede, your type of igbo destroyed massob, bakasi and now you are angling at APGA. your know it all Ekwueme is today groaning in pain. the once acclaimed principled man is now the butt of yoruba jokes. the irony of life is that a man who is proud to go by the handle ogbunigwe, has never reflected on history. for your information Ikemba was the leader of those intillegent men who invented the ogbunigwe. why most Igbos keep acting like they were dropped on their heads beats me. first somebody needed the english dictionary for igbo words now another writes of figurative speech all these because people want to remain intellectually shallow and relevant. not here.
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Nmadike, If u look, I've decided to delete most of my postings against chiboy. This is becos some ppl who don't belong here were using it against others here. I'll not supply them with the ammo to attack anybody else. Chiboy insulted me and that got me angry especially with the brand of accussation he levelled against me. I wouldn't want this site to degenerate any more. I would prefer to confront chiboy physically and slug it out. I'm sure a lot people visit this site so that's why I won't engage him again. If u read most of our exchanges you'd probably have a different conclusion. Ppl on this site should try and be more tolerant of different igbo opinions on igbo affairs.
I will oblige you for the sake of Ndigbo and the much sought unity. I will clean up as far as you have but drop the physical challenge thing, that will only start another ugly trend.
I respect your right to your opinion but that does not mean you should become a clog in the wheel of progress. This is not the time for any Igbo man to be bucking the trend, right now we must all humble ourselves and seek that elusive unity. I won't be engaging in anymore fights even if you decide to resume.
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