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| Chinwoke Mbadinuju |
By John Alechenu
A former Governor of Anambra State, Chinwoke
Mbadinuju, on Monday renounced his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party
to join the All Progressives Congress.
Mbadinuju, who served as the state governor from
1999 to 2003, cited injustice and “the use and dump mantra” of the PDP as the
reason for his decision.
He said this during a press conference in Abuja.
According to him, the Boko Haram menace is part of
God’s judgment on Nigeria for embracing injustice instead of promoting justice
and fairness.
The former governor stressed that “unless we give
justice and fairness its pride of place in our national life, the insurgency
will continue unabated.”
The former PDP chieftain could barely hide his
frustration over the shoddy treatment he and his supporters were subjected to
by the President Goodluck Jonathan-led PDP, when he declared support for the
APC and its Presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
Mbadinuju expressed confidence that Nigeria would
fare better under an APC administration, with Buhari at the helm of affairs.
Mbadiniju said, “However, the PDP and the government
it formed, especially at the national level, took no recognition of both my
person and my status. The party behaved as if it never wronged me nor wronged
the vast population of Anambranians whose lives I have touched while
superintending the state as governor.
“Together with our supporters, we were ignored and
the government at the centre operated and still operates as if the PDP members
have never existed in Anambra State. Whosoever the government patronised turned
out to be dishonest or be turned into a mediocre; thus making dishonesty and
mediocrity take the centre-stage of government and politics in the country.
“We painfully endured it for long, hoping that with
leadership change, things would also change. But from Obasanjo to Yar’Adua, and
to Jonathan, nothing changed; if anything, the situation kept getting worse and
worse.”
Mbadinuju recalled that he remained in the party and
took it upon himself to call the attention of the leadership to the many lapses
within the PDP which was leading the party to self-destruct “but no one, not
even the President took him seriously.”
He revealed that in the six years that Jonathan has
been in power as President, he had written 10 memos on issue of vital issues of
governance, but not once did the President give him an opportunity to see him
nor did the President respond to any of the memos.
The former PDP chieftain said corruption, greed and
avarice have taken the centre stage while the majority of Nigerians continue to
wallow in poverty with several going to bed hungry without hope of where the
next meal with come from.
With the words, “I give total support to all the APC
candidates in Anambra State and across the entire country,” Mbadinuju declared
his loyalty to the APC.”
Culled
from Punch newspaper
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