By Okey Maduforo Awka .
Yet another episode of word trading has been opened by political gladiators in Anambra state following allegations that the gubernatorial candidate of the Young Democratic Party ( YPP)Sir Paul Chukwuma and his supporters attacked the Commissioner for youth Mr Patrick Ayamba at a hospital in Onitsha.
According to the allegation, Paul Chukwuma had gone to the Onitsha Medical Center in the company of his supporters to discharge the victims of the recent attacks by the taskforce to an unknown hospital.
Contained in a trending video on social media the Commissioner had parked one of his vehicles at the gate of the Medical Center which made it difficult for Paul Chukwuma and his supporters to gain access into the medical facility which led to fisticuff that lasted for a while.
Through the intervention of the gathering crowd the matter was resolved .
But Sir Paul Chukwuma through his media team dismissed those allegations contending that these are some of the antics of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA ) led government in the state to shut up opposition.
“We have seen the video of Sir Paul Chukwuma’s intervention at the Onitsha Medical Centre, now in circulation by the failed APGA government in Anambra State.”
“This is part of the ongoing efforts of Soludo’s government to keep grappling with straws, in a bid to avoid serious engagement regarding his performance so far. We, however, sympathize with them because we reckon that such behavior is expected from an outgoing government, with nothing left to offer”
A few days ago, the Governorship candidate of the YPP, Sir Paul Chukwuma, had to suspend his initial campaign plans to respond to an emergency arising from the violence meted out to innocent traders by operatives of the Anambra State Government, leading to some deaths, right in the heart of the main market in Onitsha.
“This shocking incident immediately triggered the traders to their wits’ end, leading to the destruction of vehicles belonging to the leaders of Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra State – OCHA Brigade, accused of leading the onslaught on the traders.”
“The agency’s office was also vandalized. This was the situation in the market when Sir Paul Chukwuma arrived in the main market, Onitsha, and pleaded with the traders to remain calm and law-abiding. This can be seen in the video of Paul Chukwuma’s outing in the market”
“Responding to the complaints that some of the injured traders during the attack by the government operatives have not been admitted or are not receiving adequate treatment at the hospital where they were taken, Sir Paul Chukwuma then assured that he was going to the hospital to ensure that they are treated and adequately taken care of”
“Upon arrival at the hospital, Paul Chukwuma was asked to get an ambulance if he wanted to have the injured traders transferred to another hospital, and he complied. While the injured were taken into the waiting ambulance arranged by Paul Chukwuma, a branded sienna vehicle approached the gate and blocked the entrance gate”
“A government official then disembarked from the vehicle and immediately proceeded to the hospital, ordering them to shut their doors. Realizing that the occupant of the sienna is a serving official of the same government whose operatives killed their relatives and injured others, some of the relatives launched an attack on the government official”
“In fact, the government official first earned the wrath of the people when he ordered the hospital to close its doors. This infuriated the relatives of the injured and deceased who were present. At this point, the official of the government was immediately asked to leave the place and to remove his vehicle, which he had used to block the gate.
“The APGA government in Anambra State must take note that they are at cross purposes with the people of Anambra State, and no amount of attempts to derail credible and healthy competition from the YPP, Sir Paul Chukwuma, and his Deputy, Uzu Okagbue, can stand. What we are asking is simple: the governor of Anambra State, Professor Charles Soludo, must tell us what he has done with the billions of public funds he has overseen for and on behalf of the people and government of Anambra State in over three years. The Governor may wish to grandstand and put up all manner of theatrical distractions to evade accountability, but he will surely not escape the rejection of Ndi Anambra on the ballot come November 8, 2025”
