Anambra Liberation Day: Between Abduction and Improper Arrest By Emeka Oraetoka I
actually resigned, says
Ngige, see interview On
C1&C3. Front Page report. Daily
Independent, It
is now a settled fact that July 10, has come to signify the so called
liberation day for the people of Anambra state, from the forces of, as
they put it, godfathers who are bent on looting the treasury of the
state. From the colossal congratulatory advertorials, goodwill messages
from some political actors
and with the manner in which almost all the National dallies reported
the celebration proper, it appears obvious that Nigeria are beginning to
accept July 10, abduction saga as the day that
should be celebrated. If
we may ask, was Governor Chris Ngige actually abducted on As
reported in the front page of Daily Independent of Going
into details as to the circumstances surrounding Ngige resignation is
immaterial here, what should be noted is the fact that the governor
accepted resigning as the chief executive of Anambra state. Now, in view
of the fact that the game of abduction took place in PDP, the ruling
party, what is the overall implication to the image of the party? The
gist that appears to be on the lips of Nigerians right now is that PDP
is a party of anything goes, in a nutshell, it is a party that harbours
all shades of in-discipline. The latest claim by Ngige that the
libration day celebration was not a party affair appears worrisome to
the real PDPs’. Ngige
emphatically told the NWC of PDP thus: “What
we did in Anambra state as regards the Liberation Day rally is not a
party affair, it is the Anambra peoples’ business”. Pundits are even
of the view that Audu Ogbeh led faction of PDP’s leadership may
have tactically encouraged the celebration and that informed Ogbeh’s
silence. As things stand,
PDP risk the possibility of disintegration if this abduction madness is
not checked. What is the security implication of this notorious term
that has dangerously creep into Nigerians consciousness?
Constitutionally, the police force was Objectively
speaking, if a stop is not put to this notorious mantra- abduction, the
whole country may leave to regret the end result. Like bush fire, it is
now spreading, it may not be totally wrong to insist that
in no distance time, people may come to see Nigeria police as
buccaneers, public enemy and never do good set of people that must not
be obeyed or even listened to. The belief in some quarters right now is day.
Intellectuals should Just imagine this horrible scenario.
Pronouncement:
Governor Chris Ngige’s continuous claim that he was abducted on Antonio
in Shakespeare will suffice: “the Duke cannot deny the course of law;
for the commmodity that strangers have with us in the
trade and profit of the city consisteth of all nations..." Emeka
Oraetoka Information
Management and Media Relation Consultant. Writes
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