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APGA crisis: Obi disowns campaign against Jonathan

Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi 

Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi

Governor Peter Obi of  Anambra State has denied being behind a media campaign accusing President Goodluck Jonathan of betraying him in his alleged  bid to  take control of the All Progressives Grand Alliance.

Obi, in a  statement on Wednesday   by his  Special Assistant   on Media and Publicity,  Mr. Valentine Obienyem,  said  the  claim contained in the  advertorial  that Jonathan “stabbed  him in the back” for losing the APGA  case at the Court of Appeal,   did not emanate from  him  or any of his associates.
The Court of Appeal had last week ruled that Obi’s political opponent, Chief Victor Umeh, was   the National Chairman of APGA.
Describing the publication as another plot by “enemies of progress to cause disaffection between friends,”  the governor said the sponsors  of the advertorial  had tried to give an impression that the President directed the courts on what to do.
The statement read, “Our attention has been drawn to an advertorial in some newspapers, alleging, among others, that the President, Dr. Jonathan, stabbed our Governor, Mr. Obi,  in the back for allowing the Court of Appeal to enter judgment against him  in the  APGA matter.
“For the avoidance of doubt, we wish to disassociate the government of Anambra State from the publication,  which we believe was planted by  enemies to cause disaffection among friends.
“From the advertorial, it is easy to assume that President Jonathan controls the judiciary and should be villified for not allowing judgment to swing to a particular side. This is farther from the truth as the judiciary remains an independent arm of the government.
“Governor Obi did not take any person to court over   the APGA case and cannot be said to be desperate over the judgment  going either way.
“He is too busy in Anambra State, executing his projects for the good of the state which everybody acknowledges. He has said consistently that he does not have any issue with anybody in APGA, including his brother and that APGA remains one family.”
The statement also denied another  claim  in  the advertorial  that Obi  might  join the Peoples Democratic Party. It said the governor had used every occasion to state  that he would not vie for any post after 2014.

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