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....ENDORSED HIM FOR IMHA ORSU STATE CONSTITUENCY 2023. 

Yesterday, the PDP flag bearer of Orsu State Constituency for Imo State House of Assembly 2023 was at Awo-Idemili hall Ikotun Egbe Lagos State, where he met with the great women of Obibi lagos branch. 

Hon. Nwadikwa shared with them his great ideas, visions and possible ways to actualizing these great progressive thoughts. He spoke on the need for peace and harmony, economic stability and democratic dividends for ndi Orsu.

Hon. Nwadikwa's interest for IMHA no doubt was born out of goodwill and hunger for a quality representation for his people - reason he left the United Kingdom to make this happen.

Our great Obibi women expressed their delight for the visit, and assured him of their 100% support come 2023.

The Women leader - Mrs Alice Onyejiaku, speaking on behalf of Obibi Women expressed delight and full joy for the visit. " For we are strongly for anything positive for ndi Orsu, and with every certainty you are solely for the betterment of ndi Orsu. We are for you, and we will make sure that Orsu Constituency sees this new light"

Unanimously, Obibi Women prayed for Nwadikwa Destiny Ifeanyi, asking God that this new light may shine upon us. 

With Hon. Nwadikwa Destiny were PDP delegation - Prince Ethel Odimegwu, Hon. Polycap Ezenwa (Ezeimo) and Barr. AC Nwadikwa ably led by Chief John Utasi.

It is no longer news that the Nigerian Bar Association conference kicked today in Lagos earlier today.

The conference had numerous personalities in attendance including the major candidates for the 2023 presidential election. 

Meanwhile, the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Tinubu was represented by his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima. 

However, the choice of outfit by Kashim Shettima to the NBA conference has been the subject of controversy on social media. 

Among people that reacted over the outfit is All Progressive Congress Chieftain, Lagos State Chapter, Chief Joe Igbokwe. 

Joe Igbokwe took to his Facebook account to state that even though some people claim that the suit he wore is over-sized, it still does not remove anything from his personality. 

"The suit is oversized but it did not remove anything from this erudite scholar in the best tradition, a great achiever with deep sense of history and determination to succeed in anything he lays his hands on." Joe Igbokwe posted. 

By Dr Okey Agwulonu, Owerri.

News broke on several media platforms recently, that the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Distinguished Senator Samuel Anyanwu SamDaddy, was setting up his campaign organisation, in preparation for the 2023/24 Imo State governorship election and suddenly, all hell broke lose and the cockroaches crawled out from their cracks.

A little social experiment I tried out yesterday proved that some people are very scared at the mention of the name Senator Samuel Anyanwu and are ready to sacrifice the good and wellbeing of the people of Imo State, which Senator Samuel Anyanwu has at heart, if it means stopping him from becoming the next governor of Imo State.

Interestingly, the attacks against the national officer of the party, came from aides of another governorship hopeful of the same party, who have never hidden his desire for a third missionary journey, for which neither Senator Samuel Anyanwu nor his aides, have opposed, based on the fact that Senator Anyanwu respects his constitutional right to contest for that same position.

Why then won't they respect Senator Samuel Anyanwu's constitutional right to serve his people? What are they afriad of?

One begins to wonder if the aides are working under the directive of their boss to attack anybody they see as a threat to their hunger for power, as the same aides attacked Peter Obi before and upon his exit from the PDP some months ago.

In the case of Peter Obi, they saw a threat to their Oga's pipe dream to becoming former Vice President Atiku Abubakar's running mate and probably in Senator Samuel Anyanwu, they see the only person the PDP can boost of having the capacity to win the election in 2023/24 and as such, a threat to their selfish interests.

If this so-called serial contestant and loser isn't pulling the strings, could one then say that he has lost control of his lieutenants? How can PDP afford to send somebody who doesn't even have control of his aides, to stand for the party?

Like any other Imolite, Senator Samuel Anyanwu SamDaddy has the legitimate right to contest for any position that falls within his purview.

Why then will his desire to stand for his people as he has always stood for them, send danger signs to somebody who would deploy his arsenal of toothless Bulldogs, to attack his person?

For Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu SamDaddy, service to his people outweighs selfish interests as he has demonstrated time and time again throughout his years of rendering service to the people.

As a State legislature in a minority party in the state, Senator Samuel Anyanwu was among the few that dared the incumbent executive and kept it on its toes till after he left the State Assembly.

We can all attest that after SamDaddy left the Imo State Assembly, the legislative arm in the state become nothing more than paper weight and errand boys of the executive.

Before some senators woke up to start issuing impeachment threats against Buhari, Senator Samuel Anyanwu was the first Federal legislator since Buhari became president, to move for his impeachment.

A strong voice when others are scared of talking, that's the type of person Ndi Imo crave for, not people who have remained silent at the pains and sufferings of the people.

Senator Samuel Anyanwu wasn't the Senator President or Deputy not was he the Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly but he championed the call for a South East Development Commission to address the marginalisation of the region since the end of the Civil War.

Imagine if he had held either of those positions during a more friendly executive, we would have since had the bill passed the commission established.

While others are too scared to speak out, Senator Samuel Anyanwu have been vocal over happenings in the state even when those who will soon be claiming heaven and earth when begging Ndi Imo for their votes, turned their backs on the people.

A lot of Ndi PDP are of the view that Senator Samuel Anyanwu won the 2014/15 primaries of the party. The events of January 12th 2020 have gone further to impress on them that if Senator Samuel Anyanwu had not been denied the ticket of the party, the party would still have been in power till date.

Could January 12th 2020 be Karma of what happened at the primaries? Recall Karma also visited in 2015 after the controversial outcome of the primaries.

But all that is water under the bridge and a new opportunity to get things right is presented to the party.

We can't continue doing the same thing that has always given us the same results. It's time we try something new.

Yes SamDaddy!

Shettima is currently trending on Twitter over the outfit he wore to the NBA Colloquium today, August 22, in Lagos State.

The vice presidential candidate for the All Progressive Congress (APC) political party represented the Presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

For the event, Shettima, who regularly wears native attires, wore a loose suit and paired it with a pair of sneakers, a combination Nigerians found fault with.

While many slammed his stylist, others questioned why the presidential candidates for other political parties were present while Tinubu sent his vice presidential candidate. 

See reactions below.

British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe wants to buy Manchester United. News of the 69-year-old's interest follows a Bloomberg report that the Glazer family are willing to sell a minority stake in the club. "If the club is for sale, Jim is definitely a potential buyer," Ratcliffe's spokesperson told The Times.

"If something like this was possible, we would be interested in talking with a view to long-term ownership." United, 20-time English champions, are bottom of the Premier League after losing both their opening games of the season under new manager Erik ten Hag.

The woeful start has intensified criticism of the Glazers and their perceived lack of investment in the team. This summer has seen new signings fail to materialise, including a fruitless pursuit of Barcelona's Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong, while superstar striker Cristiano Ronaldo could leave Old Trafford.

The club has struggled since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013 and has not won a trophy since 2017.

- Pressure Party To Respect Micro Zoning Amongst Downplayed Blocks

By Chika Uzoma

Analysts have called on members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo state to reject the participation of any Mbaise person in the party’s Governorship primaries, adding that it would amount to injustice to allow them after the block had retained the ticket for two consecutive uninterrupted times in 2015 and 2019 respectively.

In a live phone in radio programme anchored by Chideraa Uja and Eustace Okere with the topic, “Imo State Governorship: Any Need For Equity In Owerri Zone?” on Boss Radio 98.9 fm, the Analysts advised the leadership of the party in the state not to allow any person from the Mbaise block to be part of the primary having benefitted for many times.

The known Analysts, a trio of Mazi Uzochukwu Azuatalam (former PDP Chairman, Owerri West), IK Ogbonna (Journalist/PR Expert) and Sir Sunny Ndukwu maintained that allowing the Mbaise block the chance to be involved in the party’s Governorship primaries, will be a shortest route for the party to lose the 2023 elections.

According to them, if the block deliberately failed to firmly hold onto power that was collectively but freely given to them, there is no reason to believe that such block will ever win even if given another chance.

The Analysts further appealed to the party to look inwards and take into considerations the yearnings of party members, who according to them are eagerly clamoring for a rotation of the ticket to other blocks that have been downplayed.

They suggested that if PDP ticket is ceded to other blocks like Ngor Okpala, Mbaike or Owerri that are yet to benefit, the injustice “nmegbu adighi nma” being widely spoken against will be seen to be genuine by those championing it.

Other callers who made contributions also advised the party to allow a fresh person to fly PDP ticket in the 2023 Governorship election, as a way of showing respect to the micro zoning within the party.

The callers further noted that aside Governorship seat, Mbaise has produced the highest number of Senators in Owerri Zone and by extension, Imo state since the inception of democracy in 1999.

They warn against an impending doom for the party if its is allowed to be hijacked by another Mbaise indigene, adding that it would be practically wrong to expect new result while old formula is consistently used.