By Bruno Mbanaso
Embattled APC governorship aspirant, Chief Godwin Ezeemo, whose chances have been dimmed by the endorsement of Senator Dr Chris Ngige has received a lifeline of N3billion from Governor Peter Obi with a promise to get more if he can stop Ngige from APC governorship ticket by hook or crook.
The development followed the massive endorsement of Ngige as the man who can clinch the governorship ticket on the plat form of APC.
But in a meeting yesterday held with a close associate of Gov. Obi, in the presence of a disqualified APGA Governorship Aspirants as well as an aide to the Governor in Anambra State liaison Office in Abuja, the governor assured that money would not be a problem.
This is not the first time Ezeemo would be getting huge sum from Governor Obi. Indeed it is believed that Obi was the one who invited 66-year Ezeemo from London, where he is said to have some criminal records and asked him to penetrate the structure of the then ACN.
To make his landing easier and familiarise him with the Anambra public, Obi gave him cash to erect part of the Nigerian Union of Journalist Secretariat in his name and also bank-rolled a seminar organised by the aspirant from Umuchu in Paktonia hotels, fingered as the hotel that hosts all activities of Anambra State government. However, recently Obi got too busy with the headaches from his own party and the original plan drifted raising tension between the two as Ezeemo drifted, acting without consultation.
Obi who was originally angry that Ezeemo could not conceal the fact that he was an ex-convict, was persuaded to continue financing the farmer from Umuchu ,whose close associates insists does not have the kind of money he is putting into the campaign.
In fact virtually every writer in the Anambra State government newspaper, National Light also writes for the newspaper set up in Ezeemo’s name-Orient daily, even when it is published on two days of every week.
Online newspapers and social media are already awash with Ezeemo’s conviction in London and indications are that a certified true copy of the judgment that convicted Ezeeemo has been obtained by a PDP stalwart in the state ,ready to the unleash it on the aspirant any moment from now.
