The Anambra State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Chief Joe Martins Uzodike Tuesday vented his anger on the alleged suit by a member of the party and member representing Anaocha/Njikoka/Dunukofia federal constituency, Hon. Uche Ekwunife asking for the disqualification of the APGA candidate for the November 16, 2013 election over alleged multiple registration, saying the federal lawmaker should know that she was embarking on a fruitless venture.
Recall that Hon Ekwunife, who came second to Obiano at the party?s governorship primaries, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Awka, seeking for the disqualification of Obiano from the governorship race on the ground that he registered to vote both in Lagos and in Anambra State, which according to her is an electoral offence.
Addressing reporters in Awka, Chief Uzodike, who is also the Director General of Willie Obiano Campaign Organization, said, though, APGA has not been served with the court summons, the action of Ekwunife, if it is true, is disturbingly laughable and act of over ambitiousness to become Governor.
Said he: ?I expect Ekwunife or whoever that is behind her to know that a court of competent jurisdiction had ruled on that matter by saying that Obiano did not do double registration. Also, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had made a categorical statement on that issue.
?Ekwunife was part of the APGA campaign and even collapsed her structure into the campaign organization and for her to begin to do this at this time is something many people do not understand. Maybe she is not acting on her own, but it is unfortunate that she is being used for something that would not benefit her.?
According to Udodike, all the media establishments that covered the Anambra election went to Aguleri, the home town of Obiano, to know if he would vote based on the allegation of double registration and they all saw him vote.
He also recalled that INEC had earlier stated that anybody who did double registration would not vote and when Obiano voted, the argument ought to have ended.
Uzodike urged APGA, as a political party, to seriously look into the matter ?because it goes beyond anti ? party activity?, arguing that anybody going on a voyage of wanting to disqualify anybody at this stage, is merely being too ambitious.
