By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

The National Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Oye, on Wednesday said that the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State would be about performance.

He described the people angling to take over from the incumbent Governor Willie Obiano’s position as people lacking in pedigree, mental capacity and vision with noting to offer the state.

The chairman who addressed journalists at his country home debunked rumours making the round that President Muhammadu Buhari is planning to rig the forthcoming election in the state.

He dismissed the rigging allegations as unfounded and ridiculous, saying that it is targeted at smearing the image of the President.

Oye described as ridiculous alleged Buhari’s interference during the 2017 gubernatorial election in the state based on an agreement he reached with Obiano to allow him complete his eight-year tenure.

However, the Governor of Imo State, Sen. Hope Uzodimma, had during a stakeholders meeting of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state, boasted the party’s capacity to win the election, including deployment of seen and unseen forces

“People are just painting the President in a very bad light and I’m not happy about that. President Buhari is not that kind of leader, he doesn’t influence anything. There was no agreement between Buhari and Obiano in 2017.

“I’m the National Chairman of the party and I can say that without any form of equivocation. There was no such arrangement. If it’s the Buhari I know very well, he won’t support anything that will cause chaos or crisis in this state. Buhari is an honourable man, he loves progress.

“Buhari doesn’t interfere in any elections. If he does, he would have interfered in that of Edo. But he didn’t. Hope Uzodinma and his team went there, including Ganduje. Nobody knew when they left Benin.

“When they saw the result trickling in, they disappeared before morning. The same thing will happen here. We have the capacity to protect our votes, over capacity,” Oye stated.

While noting that the coming election would be unopposed for his party, he said that they have been in the business for a very long time, hence can read the pulse of the nation politically.

He added: “I don’t see any strong contender for this office against APGA. That office is divinely made for APGA.

“Anambra is the home of APGA. It’s just like going to stop the source of River Niger from flowing. This is the source of life for Anambra. The people have seen the light and they can’t go back to Egypt. The days of yore, uncertainty, crisis, looting are gone.

“In 2017, it was the same thing everywhere, with people shouting APC, PDP. I told them the election will end in 21/21 and it was so. The one coming now is unopposed. It’s my prophetic utterance, write it anywhere.

“It’s God that made kings and it is him that made Obiano king over the people of the State. There is order. Obiano has performed excellently. He has shown leadership, prudence in management of state scarce resources.”