2014: Anambra North Wants To Produce Next Governor

The people of Anambra North Senatorial Zone have insisted that the area would produce the next governor at the governorship election of the state scheduled for 2014.

Rising from a meeting in Awka, the group which meets under the umbrella of “Olu Na Dagbe,” said that part of the decision was based on an agreement reached with Governor Peter Obi in 2010.

Addressing newsmen shortly after the meeting, Chief Chris Eluemunoh, the President-General of Nkwelle-Ezunaka community in Oyi Local Government area, said that the stewardship of the people under governors from other zones was long enough.

Eluemunoh said that besides the agreement, “the zone as at today has become the goose that lays golden eggs for Anambra as oil is now coming from the area.

“We discussed with Governor Peter Obi in 2010 when he was seeking re-election, and we told him that we are going to hold him responsible if anything goes wrong, and he made a promise to sponsor a candidate from the North, if need be.

“Anambra has produced three governors from the central, two from the south and none from the north, yet we have all that it takes to produce governor.

“You must not also forget that the newly inaugurated Orient Petroleum Resources Limited which produces crude oil, is in Anambra North, and now people from the central and south will come to dominate, we will not allow it.’’

Eluemunoh noted that the discovery of oil in the senatorial district would boost the chances of the area clinching the governorship position.

“Machinery has been set in motion to ensure that nobody from the zone contest or accepts deputy governorship position, and there would be strict sanction for that.

“We do not care from what party the next governor comes, so long as he is from Anambra North, “  Eluemunoh said.