Nzuko-Ora Nnewi, the town union government of Nnewi, has condemned the ongoing unnecessary social media comparison of two of their illustrious sons, Senator Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah and Hon. Engr. Chris Emeka Azubogu, ahead of the 2021 Anambra State Governorship Election.Anambra 2021: Hon. Chris Azubogu Notifies His Party His Intention To Run For Governorship…
It will be recalled that yesterday, Tuesday, 12th November 2019, Sharon Oparaocha, who is a popular Anambra based social media activist, through several social and online media platforms, published an article titled, “Help is coming or one more shot ?” Which tried to compare the individualistic nature of both Ifeanyi Ubah and Chris Azubogu.
While comparing the two Nnewi indigenes, Sharon Oparaocha alleged that Chris Azubogu is not fit to run for the position of the Governor of Anambra State following his history of not being accessible and also the issue of not having a career aside politics.
In trying to substantiate her claims, Sharon Oparaocha alleged that Mr. Obinna Udegbunam who hails from Ebeleogo Community, Umudim Nnewi, could not get an identification letter for I.T from Chris Azubogu even though they hail from the same community.
According to her, despite severally contacts, Hon. Chris refused to help Obinna with a letter of identification and even attempted to turn his own father against him.
On Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, she wrote, “For instance, there was this one time my good friend who is also the senator’s loyalist had issue that threatened his life, I reached to a number of people in high places, surprisingly only three felt concerned, Frank Chinedu Maduka, the Former Anambra State NYCN Chairman, Hon. Obunike Ohaegbu who is also the young man’s good friend and Sen. Ubah; were the only ones who expressed genuine concern and actually did something to remedy the situation.
To be more specific, when I called Ubah, he picked and told me he would call me back, I sent him a text, he read and saw how urgent and dire the situation is, he abandoned his class immediately and called me back. He eventually helped significantly in solving the problem”
Making further claims, Sharon Oparaocha alleged that Hon. Chris Azubuogu despite being an Information Communication Technology (ICT) Engineer, has no ICT firm or business to his name.
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She also accused Hon. Chris Azubogu of lacking credibility, after being accused of signing two contradictory documents, with one supporting the rejection of Hon. Onyema as Deputy Minority leader while the second supports Onyema’s appointment, during the election of principal officers in the House of Representatives.
In her other thoughts on Ifeanyi Ubah, she noted that Sen. Ubah is a successful businessman who does not have the history of engaging in anti-party activities.
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Reacting to the publication made by Sharon Oparaocha, the Publicity Secretary of Nzuko-ora Nnewi, Sir Augustine Ike condemned the publication, noting that the write-up was ludicrously written just to score a cheap political point.
According to him, Sharon Oparaocha who is from Imo State and allegedly in a relationship with a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) aspirant that failed during Nnewi South House of Assembly tickets, should not be taken seriously.
He noted that Sharon Oparaocha is not happy with Chris Azubogu over his inability to secure the Nnewi South House of Assembly ticket for his friend against the wish of the people of his constituency.
In the Press Release, Sir Augustine Ike said that Hon. Chris Emeka Azubogu and Senator Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah are both great sons of Nnewi and are proud to identify with them.
On Sharon Oparaocha’s allegations about Chris Azubogu, he wrote, “One of her greatest points is purely founded on falsehood. She alleged that Hon. Chris Emeka Azubogu refused writing a recommendation letter for Mr. Obinna Udegbunam who is from Umudim Nnewi.
Upon reaching out to Obinna, he told me that he contacted Hon. Chris Emeka Azubogu for recommendation and Azubogu gave him a phone number of the person to call in his office. Obinna didn’t feedback Azubogu on the outcome of the call. In furtherance of my verification, I realised that Azubogu do not know Obinna in person till date”
Continuing he wrote, “Obinna personally told me that his father was working for Azubogu during the campaign and was using the proceeds he realised from the campaign to create a family crisis. I now wonder the necessary connection between Azubogu and the family crisis, save that the man was only paid his due wages and he is at liberty to use it for whatever END.
Till date, not Obinna or his siblings have called Hon. Azubogu’s attention to this remote cum inevitable domestic crisis”
Reacting to Sharon Oparaocha’s allegation about roads, Sir Augustine Ike noted that Nnewi never knew that a legislature could construct a road until the “birth of Azubogu ” into the Green Chambers. He hailed Azubogu’s for attracting road to his constituency.
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On the 2021 Governorship election, he wrote, “The Governorship is zoned to Anambra South and not Nnewi North LGA. Nnewi is going into the election from the position of strength pointing on the achievements of our eligible brothers”
“Therefore, the governorship race is not between Hon. Chris Emeka Azubogu and Ifeanyi Ubah as alleged by Sharon Oparaocha of Imo state and she simply does not know that because she is not from Nnewi (neither our daughter nor wife).
Nonetheless, if the people of Anambra South on grounds of political merit decide to sone and leave the tickets of PDP, APGA, APC, YPP etcetera to Nnewi sons and daughters, our assurances are that we will activate our internal mechanism and give you the best of the best”
He, however, urged the general public to disregard the allegations of Sharon Oparaocha, describing it as very misleading and only aimed at defending her personal relationship.
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