Deportation: S-East APC begs Ndigbo to forgive Fashola

Following the unqualified and
unreserved apology tendered by
Governor Babatunde Fashola for the
controversial deportation of 14 Anambra
indigenes from Lagos State to Onitsha,
the All Progressives Congress (APC),
South-East zone has appealed to Ndigbo
and Anambrarians in particular to
forgive and forget.
The party also appealed to Ndigbo, to put
the matter behind them, especially those
who wittingly or unwittingly are
transferring the aggression on Senator
Chris Ngige’s bid to return to Anambra
State government to complete the good
works he started.
In a statement through the Zonal
Publicity Secretary, Osita Okechukwu,
South-East APC warned that the mistake
of some Lagos State government officials
should not be used to deny
Anambrarians the golden opportunity to
elect Senator Ngige to complete his blue
print.
It maintained that Anambrians must be
weary of those money mongers and big
bankers whose only manifesto is
propaganda and whose only interest is
profit motive.
The statement reads in part: “Now that
Governor of Lagos State, His Excellency,
Babatunde RajiFashola has tendered
unqualified and unreserved apology, we
plead with Ndigbo and Anambrarians in
particular to forgive and forget.“To err is
human and to forgive is divine.
Accordingly, we appeal to our people to
put the matter behind us, especially
those who wittingly or unwittingly are
transferring the aggression on Senator
Chris Ngige’s bid to return to Anambra
State government to complete the good
works he started.
“Ngige we must recall opened our eyes to
what prudent management of state
revenue can achieve, before then the
governors only share the money and
abandon projects. He did 20 percent of
his Blue-Print, Governor Obi did and we
need Ngige to complete it for the interest
of future generations.
“It is also germane to note the roads
Ngige tarred years ago are more durable
than that of Governor Obi” the party
stated.
It enjoined Ndigbo to all bear in mind
that it pays to place the bigger picture
ahead in their calculations and the bigger
picture in this instance is to elect Senator
Ngige, who is a tested and trusted hand.
The statement stressed that “They will tell
you that Ngige is stingy. Yes Ngige is
stingy, because he defends the interest of
the greatest number of Anambrians and
not the few big men.
“In sum, now that Governor Fashola has
tendered an unqualified and unreserved
apology, we should forgive and forget,
for we must not use the mistake of some
Lagos State government officials to deny
Anambrarians the golden opportunity to
elect Sen Ngige to complete his blue
print” South-East APC stated.
VANGUARD