Maduako igbokwe,Onitsha
ONITSHA, Anambra – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the November 6 Anambra State governorship election, Mr Valentine Ozigbo has disclosed that he does not have any godfather in politics.
Ozigbo made the disclosure while interacting with journalists in Awka Anambra state capital on Monday night.
According to him, he went into the governorship primary election without any person sponsoring him as a godfather. He said that during the primary election , he had nobody sponsoring him apart from God who gave him divine mandate. He said that he is an independent minded person who does not believe in godftherism to be in an election.
“Not even Mr Peter Obi, Tony Elumelu or any other individuals is sponsoring my election . Iam sponsoring my election from my money ” he said.
According to Ozigbo , he has an idea of what he wants in Anambra ,which are principally on women and youths development.
Ozigbo said that the leadership of the PDP can make suggestions to him about issues but the suggestions must be anchored on merit.
He also denied the claim that his running mate, Mrs Azuka Enemo was imposed on him by an unnamed godfather.
“I decided to run along with Mrs Azuka Enemo because of her huge integrity and large support base. Nobody imposed her on me. The fact that I ran an election primary for two years in the state should have given me an idea of who my deputy would be though I didn’t decide on that even after the primary.
“I am not one of the people who go to politicians to make empty promises, infact I was in the plane coincidentally with Mr Peter Obi and I told him how I would engage the leadership of Anglican Communion to get my deputy.
“I turned down the first list of the people they sent to me not because the individuals sent to me are not good but there are certain criteria I insisted must be met.” he said.
