A DEBATE OF SHAME AS ANDY UBA TOUTS HIS DOMESTIC SERVITUDE TO OBASANJO.

ICHEOKU says how exactly did his "boi-boi" servant-hood to Olusegun Obansajo benefit Ndi Anambra that he should proudly now tout it as a reason to elect him the governor of the state. An office without portfolio as nobody knew exactly what his job description was, as a domestic servant of Olusegun Obasanjo. Unless we are permitted to make certain inference such as juxtaposing what he did for Obasanjo with the well known regular domestic servants in various homes, what Andy Uba exactly did for Obasanjo was in-fact rather suspect. 

But whatever it was, and whether or not it involved providing intimate personal services to Obasanjo, that is not the bone of this essay. Rather, ICHEOKU is here to examine how Andy Uba's closeness to then President Olusegu Obansajo benefitted Anambra State such that it should matter in this election and favorably count to his advantage. 

Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba aka Andy Uba dutifully served Olusegun Obasanjo throughout the eight long years the murderous Ota Deity was in Aso Rock. It is therefore not in doubt that he was very close to Olusegun Obasanjo and the Baba Iyabo personally acknowledged this when he once said that Andy Uba was the first person he sees when he wakes up in the morning and also the last person he sees before he goes to bed. 

But we will not take the inference any further to suggest that they slept on the same bed or in the same bedroom, otherwise how was that possible; or conversely, Andy Uba slept in the anteroom. Being in such a very close proximity to the then president, a good and unselfish Andy Uba would have used such his privileged position to persuade Olusegun Obasanjo to help his Anambra State people by doing some things for them on Andy Uba's behalf. 

But not this Andy Uba; instead he used the opportunity to amass riches, stealing as much money as his greedy heart delighted, sometimes fronting Obasanjo's name to shake down political aspirants, sitting governors seeking second term as well as legislators, business people seeking audience with Obasanjo and other such office and favors seekers. He was so brazen in his shakedowns and he helped himself mightily like a bandit that when he first ran for governor, he declared assets in excess of three trillion Naira as belonging to him. 

This is a person with no known income source or any other avenues of money making prior to his domestication in Obasanjo's abode; and suddenly he was strikingly rich. Andy Uba is an embodiment of the wanton corruption that enveloped Nigeria during Olusegun Obasanjo presidency; a presidency which was notorious for its policy of Ghana Must Go bags full of different currency denominations. 

How such a shamelessly very corrupt individual could now come before Ndi Anambra and present his domestic service to Olusegun Obasanjo as his most qualifying resume for seeking the keys of Anambra State governor's lodge. This is simply charlatanistic at best because it shows that he has nothing to run on and is running on empty. Andy Uba and his brother 419 fraudster Chris Uba used the same period of Obasanjo's presidency to run amok in Anambra State. They also kidnapped a sitting State Governor Chris Ngige and forcibly administered Alusi Okija on him to be loyal to them and provide them unlimited access to the State's coffers. This their escapade is  an indisputable fact of consequence which should operate to militate against his governorship ambition. The guy is an embodiment of lawlessness, like his master Obasanjo, like the domestic servant.

It is ridiculous watching his infantile attempt at denying being the mastermind of the kidnap of Governor Ngige during the so called debate hosted by Arise television. A pathetic and very idiotic debate it was, otherwise how dare Arise television conduct a debate for governor wanna bees of an Igbo State in English language when majority of the grandfathers and grandmothers and most of the villagers who are most likely to suffer through the ballot process hardly understand English. Who were they talking to? Who were their target audience if not Ndi Anambra, yet instead of speaking the language of Ndi Anambra State which is Igbo language; they spoke "'turanci" to them as if they are running a nationwide election and needed to reach out to those people who do not understand Igbo language. 

How did the candidates even accept such a third rate imbecilic forum and the language use, if indeed they are seriously engaged with the effort to reach out to their ultimate voters. It was a complete piss off for the many people who sacrificed their time to watch it and everything about it is enough to invalidate the debate, the organizer and the debaters themselves. Imagine bringing such anti Biafra, Igbo hating bigoted chimpanzee Reuben Apati to moderate a governorship debate for Anambra State when Ndi Anambra have much better moderators who could have captivated the people more and actually articulated the needs of Ndi Anambra much better and very succinctly communicated; and elicited the real responses which the people want to hear. 

This is Reuben Apati who have written so many hate-filled disparaging anti Ndigbo articles and opinion pieces; casted aspersions and castigated both Oha-na-Eze and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu repeatedly. Yet this was who was honored with hosting an Igbo State's governorship election debate and you ask yourself what were they thinking? It was wrong choosing this fella and it was very insulting and disgustingly so; and should operate as a disqualifying circumstance too. Reuben Apati presiding over Ndi Anambra affair and asking Ndi Anambra questions for them and on their behalf, really? Who made him a king over Israel. Does Arise television not have any Igbo person in their employ who could speak Igbo language to moderate the debate?

 

Anyway, ICHEOKU says is an advocate of "sit at home" no election in Amambra State on November 6th; but if Ndi Anambra decides otherwise and chooses to disobey and vote, voting for APC's Andy Uba must not be the decision. It will be very insulting for Ndi Anambra to reward Andy Uba with the governorship of the State when he did nothing for Anambra State when he had the opportunity to do so as a bonded domestic servant of Olusegun Obasanjo. He is also too arrogant and feeling so entitled to the office that he should be served the humble pie of humility by his rejection. 

Andy Uba should be asked to point at one road or bridge or dam or airport or any other infrastructural development which his eight long years of servitude to Olusegun Obasanjo brought to Anambra State. He should be asked to name just one reason he thinks that earned him the votes of Ndi Anambra in this election and therefore deserving of their governorship.It will be a huge tragedy for Ndigbo should Andy Uba manages to scrap a win on Saturday November 6th as it will send a message to Nigerians and the rest of the world that Ndi Igbo are no longer a serious people and they can sell their soul to the devil. 

Where was Andy Uba when Odi Bayelsa and Zaki Ibiam Benue massacres happened? Was he also then traveling with his master Olusegun Obasanjo overseas and not aware of the slaughters, too? Where was Andy Uba when Ibeto cement was banned in Nigeria? Where was Any Uba when Slok Airlines were banned from Nigeria? Where was Andy Uba when Savannah bank and Hallmark bank's licenses were revoked? All by his master Olusegun Obasanjo, yet he is using his sickly and infected looking whitish lips to spew nonsensical of being the domestic servant to Olusegun Obasanjo and claiming that, by itself, is sufficient to make him governor of Anambra State. 

ICHEOKU says is not holding brief for any of the other candidates, but voting for Andy Uba will be the biggest insult to Ndigbo's collective intelligence as a people. Elect him for what? Because he was sleeping with the enemy and providing comfort services to such an avid Igbo hater Obasanjo as the last man in and first man out, in and out of Obasanjo's bed and/or bedroom? Ndi Amambra deserves better and that better is not and does not include Andy Uba. Just any other person will suffice outside the Obasanjo's domestic servant because he is as crooked as the Ota Deity and primitively, too corrupt as well. 

It is also noteworthy that Anambra State is not Andy Uba's primary place of residence and he has no investment anywhere in Anambra State either, to show that his heart is closely attached to the State. Andy Uba is also nearly broke as Heritage bank workers not too long ago staged a protest in front of his house in Abuja to shame him into paying back overdue loans running into several millions of Naira. 

His mission to Awka governorship lodge cannot be any far from recouping resources and turning his bank accounts black again. Ndi Anambra must not fall for it as regret is always too late in coming; but in this case, it is still avoidable. How well is he acquainted with the challenges facing Ndi Anambra when he is just a periodic resident of the State, only visiting the state during occasions, ceremonies and festivals. In short, he is not qualified to be governor of Anambra State, period.

One of the most laughable things from their debate was Andy Uba demeaning the importance of managerial skills and dismissing it as a non essential prerequisite in governance. ICHEOKU says in any civilized society, that statement alone will be sufficient to torpedo his candidacy because running anything involves managing resources and personnel; and running a state is one such thing that is all about managing people and available resources. Running a state or country is like running a company and if you don't have the right skills you will not run it well and if you don't run them well, they will go burst, bankrupt. 

It requires an adept managerial skills to effectively navigate the affairs of a state and reposition it to functionality and profitability. Anambra State is one such a potential state which a highly skilled manager can effectively exploit and transform into a real shinning beacon for Ala-Igbo. On bad roads, the problem is that roads are not done the right way in Nigeria and this is the reason they are always washed away during rainy seasons. If you tar a road the right way, they will last for many decades. But Andy Uba's idea of "leadership" is bullying the people around like his master Obasanjo's "do or die" motor park methodology; and of course his new co-master Buhari with his kill off Ndigbo agenda which he is currently prosecuting with glee. Has Andy Uba ever said a word in condemnation of Buhari for the Igbo blood being wantonly spilled?

Be that as it may, ICHEOKU says cannot vote and will not vote; but urges Ndi Anambra to do Ndigbo proud by also not voting in the election. Ndi Anambra should remember that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is languishing in detention on their behalf as well as the greater Igbo nation. They should show him some love and let him know that they care for him and appreciate all his sacrifices for them by sitting out the election. At this juncture, it is about the collective ego of Ndigbo which the hedonistic Buhari is trampling upon by his continued detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and damning Ndi Anambra to boycott the election. 

Buhari has ignored all the entreaties made to him to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and is going full throttle to conduct Anambra State governorship election to show that he is in charge. Ndi Anambra must tell him not too fast Mister and that Anambra election is not more important than the oppression which Ndigbo are being daily subjected to in Nigeria. It has been the same bad news since 1966 despite all the contributions of Ndigbo to Nigeria's survival and the Dracula of Daula has since taken it to the next level by once again slaughtering Ndigbo just because he can. But he must be told in the language he understands that try as he may, he can never break the will of Igbo nor permanently damage their spirit. To Hades with him.

If Buhari wants, let him appoint an administrator for Anambra State because there was no election. Genocidal Yakubu Gowon did the same thing with Ukpabi Asika but Ndi Anambra did not stop existing because of it. Plateau and Ekiti State too suffered a similar thing when Andy Uba was domestically serving Olusegun Obasanjo and still, the two States survived them. Ndigbo must stand their ground and reject in-toto the Buhari "ekwensu na otito na nlafu ya ni ine." If Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has refused to be compromised, Ndigbo too can similarly remain resolute as well. We shall overcome. 

But whatever happens, Ndi Anambra please do not vote for Emmanuel Nnamdi Uba as he represents everything bad in both Olusegun Obasanjo and Muhammadu Buhari. Because he did not see anything bad in Obasanjo and Buhari, he too could as well pass for an anti Igbo SOB. Let Buhari do his worse as his worse cannot be worst than what he has already done against Ndigbo. The bait of Anambra governorship election is not worth taking nor is it enough to abandon Mazi Nnamdi Kanu because once the election is over his issue will be forgotten. Sit at home therefore is the answer to how his issue will remain on the front burner. Ndi Anambra must say no to a forced election and together, say to the scarecrow in Aso Rock, "anyi ga ama onye ike ga ebu uzo we gwu. #SitAtHome.