Kindly read Victor Umeh, Obienyem and Maurice Iwu’s view on the second term nomination of Mr. Peter Obi and see why I say that Victor Umeh is a pathological liar.
Victor Umeh says:
“I fought with Professor Maurice Iwu when he wanted to deny [Peter] Obi participation in the 2010 governorship election for the second term; I fought him in court and overwhelmed him.
“A truce was brokered because I had a court judgment which Iwu was disobeying when the court had affirmed Chekwas Okorie’s expulsion from the party and Iwu continued to recognize Chekwas to put another candidate against Peter Obi in APGA in 2010.
“I fought through, won at the Court of Appeal and I was able get Ojukwu’s support for Obi and we won the second term election for him.“
Valentine Obienyem replies:
“If Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu were alive, he would shudder. It was only Obi, Ojukwu, I and a few others that knew how he became a candidate.
“Chief Umeh was not even aware. Thanks to President Yar’Adua and Ojukwu that played the fatherly role.
“If you remember, rather than Umeh signing Obi’s nomination form as party Chairman, it was Dim Chukwuemeka-Odumegwu Ojukwu that signed it.
“We knew you pretended to be helping when you had another agenda.
“Just like when Obi was impeached, you fought against his coming back and you told many people that visited you that the interregnum governor had already done a lot for you.
“You told them the interregnum governor gave you money, bought this and that for you, bought cars for you and your wife.
“Eventually, when it appeared to you that Obi would win, you turned 360 degrees.”
Prof Maurice Iwu clears the air:
“The fact is that Chief Umeh was NOT involved at all in the nomination process that led to the recognition of Peter Obi as the APGA candidate for Anambra election.
“APGA had concluded its nomination process and selected Peter Obi as its gubernatorial candidate but INEC could not accept any nomination signed by Chief Victor Umeh because of the legal position.
“I was actually at the Basilica in Yamoussoukro (Ivory Cost) when late President Yar’dua called to inform me that there was a petition by Peter Obi alerting him that it would be unfair to deny APGA the chance to field a candidate in the election.
“The president was shocked when I informed him that I agreed with the petitioner and that it could also create security problem if Anambra people were denied the right to chose their candidate.
“I had to cut short my private visit to Yamoussoukro to attend to the crisis. On my return I contacted Peter Obi through an Anambra state senator who is a mutual friend.
“I directed the INEC Alternative Dispute Resolution unit to handle the matter.
“The method requires prior neutral assessment or evaluation of the matter and the participation of Chief Umeh was considered counter productive and likely to undermine a win-win resolution.
“The case was successfully resolved and I requested Dim Ikemba Odumegwu Ojukwu to sign the nomination form for Peter Obi.
“The partially completed forms were sent to Ikemba by hand-courier and he signed and returned the signed document through same person, who is still alive.
“All those who participated in the conflict resolution through the ADR mechanism, including Chief Chekwas Okorie, the INEC head of ADR at the time, the Intelligence Adviser, and the Senator are alive to confirm my statement.
“Peter Obi was not nominated based on any court action by Chief Umeh. He was NOT even part of the process.”
Waiting for Mr. Peter Obi
The gentle philosophy is still lost in thoughts about the best way to re-position the country, economically and otherwise. He is yet to notice what Victor is doing because he is not interested in pettiness.
Who is the liar here?