Count me out of stoning Chief Umeh and Governor Obiano , says Senator Ngige

 Following the alleged stoning of Chief Victor Umeh during the one of his campaigns in Agulu, the incumbent Senator representing the Anambra Central Senatorial Zone and former Governor of Anambra State, Senator Dr. Chris Nwabueze Ngige

has debunked claims that he or his supporters in the APC had a hand in it.

Senator Ngige said this in a statement through his media assistant, Igboeli Arinze yesterday.

In the statement, Senator Ngige condemned the attack on Victor Umeh and Governor Willie Obiano, describing it as barbaric.

"Yesterday, I was inundated with calls by journalists asking that we respond to the allegations making the rounds on the Internet and some dailies that the APC was behind the stoning of Chief Victor Umeh at a rally in Agulu. I wish to state that at no point in time did any supporter of the APC in Anambra State attack Chief Victor Umeh in a rally, it is barbaric and definitely not in our character.

Let me put it like this, we have no reason to attack Victor Umeh, our principal, Senator Ngige has already coasted to victory by the special grace of God, so why descend so low.

We urge those sponsoring this rumour to look elsewhere and I shall give them hints, who are those who have engaged themselves in the pulling down of billboards? You will remember that a female PDP senatorial aspirant and the APGA Chairman have been engaged in a dance of shame. We urge Ndi Anambra to see and note these kind of characters and decide whether this is the quality of representation they seek.

Senator Ngige is a man of peace, and does not believe in violence. Rather than use our youths as thugs , he gave them scholarships, he believes in works and if you look all around Anambra Central, you will see his projects serving the needs of the people. As the saying goes, an old woman does not learn new dance steps at an old age, Ngige surely cannot begin to do otherwise."

By Igboeli Arinze