Anambra Guber: Ekwunife Should Not Remind Ndi Anambra of Mbadinuju Era – APGA Chieftain Warns

By Our Correspondent

The National Coordinator of the APGA Media Warriors Forum, Evangelist Chinedu Obigwe, has launched a scathing attack on Senator Uche Ekwunife, the deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming Anambra State governorship election scheduled for November 8, 2025.

Obigwe, in a statement on Monday, cautioned Ekwunife against attempting to rewrite history, warning that her political past under the late Governor Chinwoke Mbadinuju’s administration is still fresh in the memory of Ndi Anambra.

“Let me refresh the memory of our people,” Obigwe said, “that Uche Ekwunife was a key player in the failed administration of late Chinwoke Mbadinuju.

“Though not a public office holder, she was a close ally who operated from the background. Her influence was significant and widely believed to have contributed to the failures of that government.”

During the Mbadinuju administration, schools in the state were shut down for nearly a year due to unpaid teachers’ salaries, a situation that left a lasting scar on the state’s educational sector.

The APGA chieftain’s remarks followed recent efforts by Ekwunife to mobilize Anambra women against the re-election bid of Governor Chukwuma Soludo.

He questioned her moral standing to champion any political movement in the state, stating: “Ekwunife, now running with Nicholas Ukachukwu, lacks the moral justification to mobilise women or anyone in Anambra.

“The Ukachukwu/Ekwunife ticket is dead on arrival. Both of them are birds of the same feather with nothing meaningful to offer the state.”

Obigwe described the Soludo/Ibezim administration as one that is “steering the ship of Anambra in the right direction,” citing ongoing initiatives such as free antenatal and delivery services, free education at primary and secondary levels, and youth empowerment through the 1Youth 2Skills programme.

“Our women are wiser now. They will reject Ekwunife’s advice and support Governor Soludo for the continuation of the good works being done in Anambra.

“Soludo represents progress, and Ndi Anambra cannot afford to go back to the dark days of the Mbadinuju era,” he stated.

Obigwe declared: “It is Soludo for Governor till March 17, 2030, or nothing.”