Uche Nworah writes:
In the end Peter Obi couldn’t save himself from the inevitable, it was always going to be difficult for him to survive in a state populated by opposition party members in the legislative chambers. Jideofor Adibe’s argument in the essay Does Peter Obi Really Deserve Our Sympathy places the Peter Obi saga into perspective. I personally do not subscribe to the sentimental argument that Anambra people would be worst off from whatever is going on at the moment. Peter Obi had the opportunity to disprove cynics but his slow start after being sworn-in reduces further any sympathy votes he may have won from Anambra people, who having not tasted development in over a decade got a feel of what that word actually means in the days of Chris Ngige.
Responding to the referenced essay above, written by Adibe, I had this to express:
Whether deliberately, or inadvertently, you've sought to show the Anambra problem as a Peter Obi problem. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Anambra crises is simply a reflection of the primitive politics being practised in Nigeria, now brought to the fore, by the fact that Peter Obi is surrounded and out-flanked by the PDP-dominated House of Assembly.
My view point equally applies to this particular essay, and I still stand by it.
Furthermore, how come that it has not occured to those purporting to cry more than the bereaved, that the recent so-called "impeachment" of Obi is a farce and a nullity, under the law? For goodness sakes, the impeachment panel sworn in by the state's CJ is
still sitting. In fact, they adjourned sitting to November 6. Why could'nt the legislators wait until the conclusion of the panel's sitting? Why the rush to commit a blatant illegality?
Mark you, Anambra is for all Anambrarians, not just the 'honourable' assemblymen and their apologists. We can wax lyrical about the alleged inabilty of Obi to dance the requisite political dance, but that does not detract from the fact that what the Anambra House of Assembly has embarked upon is
hugely unpopular and blatantly illegal!
DoubleWahala
P.S
Uche, ego one ka ha nyelu gi na Adibe?