2019: I’m not supporting Buhari or Atiku, says Obiano

The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has decried reports
that he was supporting the 2019 presidential bids of President
Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress and Alhaji Atiku
Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Obiano in a statement on Sunday by his Commissioner for
Information and Public Enlightenment, C-Don Adinuba, said he was
rather supporting the ambition of the presidential candidate of the
All Progressive Grand Alliance, Gen. John Gbor, in the race.

He described stories that he was either supporting the PDP or
the APC in the race as “wishful thinking.”

The statement said it was incumbent upon Obiano as the Chairman
of the Board of Trustees of APGA to support the presidential bid of
his party’s candidate in the 2019 polls.

The statement read in part,”As the 2019 general election
approaches, it is interesting how various politicians and political
parties have been swooping on Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra
State in the belief that his role will be critical in deciding who
wins the presidential vote.

“For instance, operatives of two of the leading political
parties in Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples
Democratic Party, have taken to the media to create the impression
that the governor had endorsed their candidates in the forthcoming
election.

“Some have even gone as far as reproducing a video of an event
which took place in 2014 in a bid to give the impression that the
event had just occurred.

“Governor Obiano is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the
All Progressive Grand Alliance. He is also the APGA National
Leader. These positions place heavy responsibilities on his
shoulders. Therefore, any talk about him endorsing the presidential
candidate of another party, let alone joining another party, is
wishful thinking.”

The statement noted that unlike in two previous elections in the
country, when APGA had no presidential candidates and was
constrained to form an alliance with a ruling party, APGA has a
credible presidential candidate for the 2019 general election.

The statement said APGA presidential candidate, Gbor had
impressive qualifications including a doctorate and would formally
inaugurate his presidential campaign on December 6 in Awka, the
Anambra State capital.

It said in addition, APGA had remained the only
development-oriented party in the country that cut across religious
and tribal divides, noting that Gbor’s vision would make Nigeria a
role model to developing countries across the globe.

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