Nweke Hails Participation In Enugu 2023 Guber Despite Threats Politics Nweke
He said their determination was a sign of the awakening that had taken place; and encouraged them to keep their hopes alive and not to be discouraged by the challenges that have beset the current democratic experience.
Nweke said though he often said during his campaign that he would offer his congratulations and best wishes to whoever emerged in a fair and transparent manner, the election was far from fair and certainly not transparent. He said the violence, thuggery, intimidation, use of divisive sentiments and weaponisation of poverty against their people, which the Peoples Democratic Party allegedly deployed in the course of the campaign and the elections reflected the desperation of the party to hold on to power against the will of the people.
“It was never about the service or the good of ndi Enugu; and the impunity with which these wicked acts were carried out is sickening. Just before midnight on Friday, March 17, 2023, another piece of propaganda was released and distributed aggressively to insinuate that I had stepped down for Peter Mbah, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party. But we must call a lie what it is – the absence of integrity, a quality most desired in our government today.
“We would also discover in the course of the day that agents and canvassers at polling units told voters the same story that I had stepped down on the morning of the election.
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