“President Buhari selected an Igbo son as a non-executive member to represent the people of the South East.”
Senator Uche Ekwunife, representing Anambra Central in the Senate, has expressed regrets over his relationship with the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
The senator spoke in Anambra, recounting her four-year tenure in the Senate.
“This is my fourth and final town hall meeting as your senator,” she stated. “I shall call the next town hall meeting in my personal capacity.
“Because I held the post in trust for millions of my citizens, I am here to provide an account of my four-year journey.
Blackmail By Opponents
“I’m a fulfilled politician, and I’m leaving the stage proud of it. Mine was not about holding office and having the name of a senator, but about service, and that is what we did.
“I introduced 30 bills and made 18 motions.
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“I was the senator who spoke on the Senate floor about the South East’s lack of representation on the NCC’s (Nigeria Communications Commission) board.
“President Buhari selected an Igbo son as a non-executive member to represent the people of the South East.
“We built roads in all of the communities that comprise my constituency’s seven local government areas.”
However, the politician blamed her failure in the past election on blackmail by her opponents.
Senator Victor Umeh of the Labour Party defeated Ekwunife in the February senate election.
Kindergarten President
“I feel bad that many people tried to pitch me against Peter Obi (Labour Party presidential candidate), as if I were running against Obi.
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“My opponents blackmailed me to the point where every remark I made during the election was twisted against me.
“They even forged my letterhead and sent phony news releases using it.
“During the flag-off of the PDP’s presidential campaign in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, I was called upon to speak.
“When I said that Nigeria needs a strong president, who can stand up for the over 200 million Nigerians, and not a kindergarten president, they went to town that I was referring to Obi as a kindergarten president.
“That event was live-streamed, and I didn’t mention anyone’s name.
“How could I have referred to Obi? How did they know which of the 18 presidential candidates I was referring to was Obi?
“On election day, they sent out a mass SMS quoting me as insulting Obi in order to blackmail me and pitch me against Obi.”
