Candidate of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Anambra State, Tony
Nwoye, has accused former President Goodluck Jonathan of selling him out to
Governor Willie Obiano during the 2013 governorship election in the state.
Nwoye, who currently represents
Anambra East/West Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, made
the allegation on Wednesday when he appeared on Channels Television’s Politics
Today.
He said: “Jonathan sold me out,
which he later apologised anyway.
“I lost the election before
because the then President Jonathan gave all the support to them – to Peter Obi
who installed Obiano and that was why they kept me in court.”
“His men assisted people that I
contested primaries with, and they kept me in court; I only campaigned for less
than 10 days,” he added.
The APC aspirant, however,
admitted that the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) was a “strong party”
to beat in the state.
But he was confident that he
would win the election, saying he would rely on his party’s support to defeat
his co-contenders.
He said: “APGA is afraid of me,
that is why they have been manufacturing propaganda. APGA is a strong party to
beat but we believe that when we get the support of my people we are going to
beat them.”
On the primary election that led
to his emergence as the APC flag-bearer, he regretted that Senator Andy Uba was
the only aggrieved person, despite his relationship with the senator.
“Nobody is aggrieved, the only
person who is aggrieved is Dr Andy Uba. He was my then boss; he is the only
person that was aggrieved, he is still aggrieved.
“I went severally (to meet with
him), he refused to see me; I made phone calls, he refused to see me. What
would you want me to do?” he questioned.
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