www.odogwublog.com reports that a former Commissioner for Information in Anambra State, Chief
Joe-Martins Uzodike, has confirmed the recent revelation by the Presidency that
erstwhile governor of the state, Mr. Peter Obi, was impeached because of his
failure to inflate the budget.
Chief Uzodike, however, clarified that the Presidency and the then
ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were not part of the impeachment plot. He
said in a statement issued on Friday: “The impeachment was localised and more
of a case of some lawmakers, supported by some local politicians that like to fish
in troubled waters, causing trouble because Obi refused to buy into their practice
of milking the state dry through inflated budgets, award of outrageous
contracts to them for the repair of the burnt Government House and Lodge.” Uzodike
also said that the insistence of the political contractors that Obi should not
save money when people like them were available to spend the money was part of
their reason for embarking on the impeachment exercise.
The former commissioner expressed satisfaction that Obi has been
completely vindicated. “If he buckled when the House members were harassing him
for saving money, he would not have been able to leave over 75 billion Naira in
the state treasury upon handover in 2014. If he had agreed to award outrageous
contracts, Anambra State under him would not have been named the best state in
road network, in health and in education under him,” Uzodike submitted.
Thanking all those that stood on the side of truth during what
he called “that turbulent period” in the history of Anambra State, Uzodike said
that some among the lawmakers at that time that opposed the impeachment must be
remembered at all times. “The opposition within them was another evidence that
it was not PDP’s affair,” he stated.
Photo: The USA Ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington (
right), with fmr. Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra State(left), after their
meeting at Abuja
Presidency, PDP not involved in Obi’s impeachment — Aide
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